Columbia Borough. Lancaster County's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 104, Jan. T., 1894, by Lancaster Co., and Robert S. Conklin, an inhabitant of Columbia borough, from order of Q. S. Lancaster Co., Jan..T., 1898, Minutes 334, dividing the borough of Columbia into nine wards and nine election districts. Division of borough into wards.
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Appeal, No. 104, Jan. T., 1894, by Lancaster Co., and Robert S. Conklin, an inhabitant of Columbia borough, from order of Q. S. Lancaster Co., Jan..T., 1898, Minutes 334, dividing the borough of Columbia into nine wards and nine election districts. Division of borough into wards. Before Brubaker, J. From the record it appeared that on Jan. 21, 1893, a petition of freeholders, residents of the borough of Columbia, was presented, asking the court to appoint three' impartial men to inquire into the propriety of dividing the borough of Columbia into wards to suit the convenience of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb,. Chief Justice Stebbett,
It is of the first importance, in proceedings such as this, that proper public notice of the time, place and purpose of the commissioners’ meeting, etc., be so given that it will be likely to reach every person who is or may be interested therein. Anything short of this, is sure to be unjust to individuals and detrimental to the public interest. True, the act is silent on the subject of notice, but, as was .well said in Brown v. Fowzer, 114 Pa. 446, 451, “ proper notice of the proceedings should be directed by the court on the filing of the petition, and…
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