Wayne Township v. City of Corry

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County which approved the annexation of a portion of Wayne Township (Wayne) to the City of Corry (Corry), all in Erie County.

The pertinent facts are that on April 22, 1968, an annexation petition, signed by three-fifths of the “tax*183able inhabitants”1 of a 480 acre portion of Wayne contiguous to the northern boundary of Corry, was submitted to the City Council of Corry. The area to be annexed consisted primarily of a golf course owned by the Municipal Authority of the City of Corry, two…