Appeal From Ordinance, Pittsburgh

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

This appeal is from an order of the quarter sessions holding that proceedings for annexation to the City of Pittsburgh of a certain part of Penn Township were in conformity with the Act of June 8, 1874, P. L. 279. Pittsburgh is a city of the second class.

Appellants, describing themselves as “citizens and taxpayers” of the township, contend in this court, by their statement of questions involved, that the act of 1874 is:

1, impliedly repealed by the Act of April 28, 1903, P. L. 332.

2, expressly repealed by the Act of May 9, 1929, P. L. 1694.

Pursuant to rule 61, a brief was…