Hempfield Township Annexation Case

Opinion by

Ervin, P. J.,

We have before us two appeals from the decrees of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Westmoreland County approving the annexation of two separate portions of Hempfield Township to the City of G-reensburg. Both tracts are contiguous to the city but are not related to each other. However, since the procedure in both cases was identical and since we are deciding the cases on a procedure issue, we shall not discuss the merits or demerits of the respective annexations.

Both cases commenced with petitions filed by a majority of the property owners of their respective tracts and,…