Legal Opinion

In Re Annexation of Baldwin Township

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 28, 1931No. Appeals 102 and 103PublishedCited by 10 opinions

In re: Annexation of Mill Creek Township, 74 Pa. Superior Ct. 275; Darby v. Sharon Hill, 112 Pa. 66.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

This is a proceeding to annex to the City of Pittsburgh a part of Baldwin Township, pursuant to the Act of April 28, 1903, P. L. 332, as amended. A decree of annexation was entered July 31, 1930. The township and certain residents have appealed. The decree is fatally defective for want of approval of the State Council of Education.

Section 5 of the Act of 1903 was amended April 7, 1927, P. L. 161, by an act entitled: “To amend section five of the act, approved the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and three (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred and thirty-two),…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Field v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Commonwealth ex rel. McClain v. LockeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1873
  3. O'Neil v. Am. Fire Ins.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
  4. Minsinger v. RauSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
  5. Wharton v. School Directors of Cass TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1862

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Tranter v. Alleghency County Co. AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  2. Gima v. Hudson Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  3. Paul Gima v. the Hudson Coal Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  4. Chester County Institution District v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  5. New Castle v. Lawrence CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945

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