Brown v. City of Corry

Citations

• 175 Pa. 528
• 34 A. 854
• 1896 Pa. LEXIS 1283

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities — Municipal indebtedness — Increase of indebtedness— Plant for water works — Constitutional law.</p> <p>A contract was entered into by a municipality whose indebtedness was in excess of the constitutional limit to purchase the plant of a water works from W., to be paid for by twenty annual installments out of the “ current revenues and not otherwise ” of the city. Held, that it was the creation of a debt, and, therefore, a violation of the constitutional provision prohibiting the incurring of an indebtedness beyond certain prescribed limits.</p>