Union Bank & Trust Company's Petition

Houck, J.,

— On June 30, 1930, the Union Bank and Trust Company of Pottsville filed its petition alleging that the Borough of New Philadelphia is indebted to it in the sum of $20,660, with interest from October 1,1928, and praying the court, under section 1302 of The General Borough Act of May 4, 1927, P. L. 519, to ascertain the amount of the indebtedness of said borough and to direct a writ of mandamus to the proper officers of the borough to collect by special taxation an amount sufficient to pay the indebtedness. Subsequently, similar petitions were filed by other creditors, and, by…