Wernersville Borough
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 128, Oct. T., 1908, by George W. Wertz, from order of Q. S. Berks Co., Miscellaneous Docket, 1907, No. 923, dismissing petition for the incorporation of a borough in the Matter of Incorporation of the Village of Wernersville into a Borough. Petition for the incorporation of a borough. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was order dismissing the petition.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
After the petition for incorporation had been presented and filed, certain resident freeholders filed exceptions to the application and proceedings, which were to the effect (1) that the petition was defective in its averments; (2) that it was not signed by a majority of the freeholders residing within the limits of the proposed borough; (3) that it was not expedient to grant the prayer of the petitioners. The court, after hearing upon depositions, dismissed the petition for want of jurisdiction, and from that decree we have this appeal. The decree does not show on its face whether…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Darby v. HillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- Borough of QuakertownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1855
- Incorporation of MoosicSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
- Incorporation of Old ForgeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
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