Incorporation of Jeannette Borough
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY E. M. GROSS EROM THE COURT OE QUARTER SESSIONS OE WESTMORELAND COUNTY. No. 139 October Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 71 February Term 1889, Q. S. On February 7, 1889, the petition of sundry persons was presented for the incorporation of the borough'of Jeannette. On February 9, 1889, the grand jury reported that the conditions of the act of assembly had been complied with, and that it was expedient to grant the prayer of the petitioners.
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APPEAL BY E. M. GROSS EROM THE COURT OE QUARTER SESSIONS OE WESTMORELAND COUNTY. No. 139 October Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 71 February Term 1889, Q. S. On February 7, 1889, the petition of sundry persons was presented for the incorporation of the borough'of Jeannette. On February 9, 1889, the grand jury reported that the conditions of the act of assembly had been complied with, and that it was expedient to grant the prayer of the petitioners. No plot or draft was attached to the application. From the affidavit of publication it appeared that a notice that the application would be…
1Opinion of the Court
Per, Curiam:. The exceptions taken in the court below to the incorporation of the borough of Jeannette, and assigned for error here, are without merit. The public notice required by law appears to have been given. The plot or draft referred to was, by some inadvertence, not marked filed at the time it was presented to the court. This omission was cured by the following order: “To make the matter correct, however, we think the clerk should mark the plot or draft filed nunc pro tunc (according to the fact), as of the time of filing the petition, and we will permit the counsel for the…
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