Incorporation of Wayne Borough

Citations

• 12 Pa. Super. 363
• 1900 Pa. Super. LEXIS 247

Syllabus

<p>Borough incorporations — Regular adjournments in proceedings permissible.</p> <p>If the hearings in proceedings to incorporate boroughs are, upon rea-' sonable grounds, regularly adjourned from time to time by the court, the spirit of the act is complied with, the purpose of the legislation being to give all persons interested an opportunity to be heard and to know when hearings are being held.</p> <p>Proceedings may not be referred to a master — Estoppel.</p> <p>The jurisdiction of the quarter sessions to incorporate boroughs is wholly statutory, and the manner in which such jurisdiction shall be exercised is clearly indicated by statute and confers no authority upon the court to refer the proceedings to a master. The doctrine of estoppel or implied waiver has no application to such cases.</p>