In re Road in College Township

Fleming, P. J.,

This matter is before the court upon the petition of sundry citizens of College Township, praying that a decree made July 23, 1929, approving nunc pro tunc a change of location of a road in said township and vacating certain existing parts of a former road declared to have become useless by reason of such change, be vacated.

The origin of the controversy is the attempt of the Supervisors of College Township to avail themselves of the provisions of sections 685 and 686 of the Township Code approved July 14, 1917, P. L. 840, 911, which provides as follows:

“Section 685. Whenever…