In re Heidler

Citations

• 122 Pa. 653
• 16 A. 97
• 1888 Pa. LEXIS 639

Syllabus

<p>1. The act of April 17, 1876, P. L. 38, authorizing the Court of Quarter Sessions to annex the land, or parts thereof, of persons resident in one township or borough to another township or borough, for school purposes, and to proceed in the manner and under the restrictions of the act of April 15, 1884, P. L. 589, does not authorize the annexation of lands in one township to tlie school district of another when such lands do not adjoin the latter.</p> <p>2. A petition under said act of 1876 which does not set forth that the land, proposed to be annexed for school purposes, adjoins the township to which the court is asked to annex it, is fatally defective and should not bo entertained.</p>