Foering v. City of Bethlehem
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Northampton County
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
- Brooke v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Gregg's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
- Schuldice v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
- Wolff Chemical Co. v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
- Bruce v. PittsburgSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
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