Legal Opinion
Williams Township's Appeal
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 14, 1939No. Appeal, 278PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Parker, J.,
This is a proceeding under the Declaratory Judgment Act brought to determine the validity of an ordinance of the city of Easton annexing to that city a tract of land in Williams Township. The court below upheld the validity of the ordinance and the township has appealed to this court.
The city of Easton, on September 10, 1918, acquired by purchase a tract of one hundred acres situated outside the city in the adjoining township of Williams, for use as a public park, and has continuously used the land for that purpose. The park does not adjoin the territorial limits of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Shirk v. Lancaster CitySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
- In re Annexation of Mill Creek TownshipSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
3Cited by6 opinions
- Easton v. KochSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- Ridings v. City of OwensboroCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1964
- Lancaster City Annexation CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- England v. EckleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1959
- In re Condemnation by the City of Coatesville of Certain Properties & Property Interests for Use as a Public Golf Course, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Chester County2002
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