Appeal of the Borough of Verona
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari to and appeal from the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Allegheny county: In Equity, of October Term, 1884, No. 213. Bill in equity filed March 15th, 1884, between M. Graver, complainant, and the Borough of Yerona defendant. Said bill was substantially, as follows: Complainant alleges ownership of a tract of land in Yerona borough, fronting 510.9 feet on Railroad avenue.
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Certiorari to and appeal from the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Allegheny county: In Equity, of October Term, 1884, No. 213. Bill in equity filed March 15th, 1884, between M. Graver, complainant, and the Borough of Yerona defendant. Said bill was substantially, as follows: Complainant alleges ownership of a tract of land in Yerona borough, fronting 510.9 feet on Railroad avenue. That said borough has unlawfully entered thereon for the purpose of opening and grading C street in the general plan. That said C street is included in a general plan of streets of said borough, but that said plan…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
The Act of April 28th, 1854, P. L. 513, is part of the charter of the borough of Verona. It provides that all ordinances “shall be recorded in a book to be kept at the office of the burgess, which shall be free to public inspection, and no ordinance .....shall be carried into operation in less than two weeks after the same shall be so recorded.” Such provision calls for no discussion whether it is mandatory or directory, for it plainly expresses the condition upon the performance of which, after two weeks, the ordinance shall be carried into operation, and no ingenuity oan make the ordinance…
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