Legal Opinion

Brookville's Election

Jefferson County Court of Quarter Sessions

Decided March 29, 1924No. 46Published

1Opinion of the Court

Corbet, J.,

Section 1 of the Act of May 1,1909, P. L. 317, provides: “Whenever the corporate authorities of any . . . borough ... by their ordinance or vote shall have signified a desire to make such increase of indebtedness (to an amount exceeding 2 per centum, and not exceeding 7 per centum, upon the last preceding assessed valuation of the taxable property therein), they shall give notice during at least thirty days, by weekly advertisements in the newspapers, ... of an election to be held at the place or places of holding the municipal elections in said . . . municipality, on a day to be…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Knight v. Coudersport BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
  2. Ruggles v. GailySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1828
  3. Hoffman v. PittsburgSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
  4. Boyd v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1860
  5. Berghaus v. AlterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1847

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