Mt. Lebanon Township Appeal

Opinion by

Gunther, J.,

Dellwood Corporation, appellee, owner of a 68 acre tract of land situate in Mt. Lebanon Township, filed its petition seeking annexation of this tract of land to Scott Township, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of June 19, 1939, P. L. 430, 53 PS §19092-312. Both townships are townships of the first class. An answer was filed by Mt. Lebanon Township, appellant, praying that the annexation petition be dismissed on the ground that the statutory requirements of contiguity of the 68 acre tract were lacking and that the tract was in an indeterminate status by virtue of the…