Legal Opinion

Foering v. City of Bethlehem

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Northampton County

Decided November 3, 1933No. 6Published

1Opinion of the Court

Stewart, P. J.,

The following is a summary of the facts:

Certain taxpayers of the City of Bethlehem filed a bill alleging that it passed an ordinance to obtain the assent of the electors to an increase in the indebtedness of the city in the sum of $125,000 for the construction of a municipal power and light plant; that 3 days did not intervene between the introduction of the ordinance and its final passage; that the notice of election contained a statement of the city’s gross debt instead of its net debt; and that it had not deducted therefrom certain water bonds, moneys in the treasury,…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Brooke v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  2. Gregg's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
  3. Schuldice v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
  4. Wolff Chemical Co. v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
  5. Bruce v. PittsburgSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895

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