Leetsdale Borough

Citations

• 25 Pa. Super. 623
• 1904 Pa. Super. LEXIS 127

Syllabus

<p>Boroughs — Incorporation—Discretion of quarter sessions.</p> <p>Whether the territory proposed to be incorporated is one village or town, with its properly appurtenant land, is usually one of fact, the determination of which has been by the law delegated to the court of quarter sessions, and, in the absence of an abuse of discretion, the determination of that court is conclusive.</p> <p>Boroughs — Incorporation—Continuance of proceedings.</p> <p>Where a petition for the incorporation of a borough is filed at the June sessions, is before the court on exceptions at the September sessions, is called up for argument at the December sessions, and a decree is entered the following March, the proceedings are regular. The action of the court in calling up the case in each regular session after the filing of the petition is equivalent to the continuance contemplated by the act.</p> <p>If the hearings in proceedings to incorporate boroughs are, upon reasonable grounds, regularly adjourned from time to time by the court, the spirit of the act is complied with, the purpose of legislation being to give all persons interested an opportunity to be heard and to know when hearings are being held.</p>