East Lansdowne Borough

Citations

• 49 Pa. Super. 557
• 1912 Pa. Super. LEXIS 368

Syllabus

<p>Boroughs — Incorporation of — Appeals—Number of appellants — Act of May 9,1889, P. L. 174.</p> <p>1. Under the Act of May 9, 1889, P. L. 174, which provides that an appeal from a decree incorporating a borough cannot be taken by less than three persons, an appeal may be taken by the township solicitor, and the affidavit required by the statute made by him alone, if it appears that he was authorized to take the appeal by the four township commissioners. In such a case the record may be amended after the appeal has been taken by adding the names of the four commissioners as appellants.</p> <p>Boroughs — Incorporation of — Advertising notice of application of— Act of June 26,1895, P. L. 389.</p> <p>2. Under the Act of June 26, 1895, P. L. 389, which requires that notice of an application for the incorporation of a borough “shall be given in one newspaper of the proper county for a period of not less than thirty days immediately before the next regular term following the presentation of such application and the filing thereof,” the notice is sufficiently advertised if it appears on February 1, 8, 15, 22 and March 1, preceding the next regular term of the court commencing on March 7.</p>