Mountville Borough

Citations

• 31 Pa. Super. 18
• 1906 Pa. Super. LEXIS 144

Syllabus

<p>Boroughs — Incorporation—Freeholders—Estates in remainder — Act of April 1, 1834, P. L. 163.</p> <p>A person who owns a vested remainder in real estate located within the limits of a proposed borough, subject to a life estate, owned and enjoyed by some other person, is not a freeholder within the meaning of the second section of the Act of April 1, 1834, P. L. 163.</p> <p>There is nothing in the Act of April 1, 1834, P. L. 163, which requires the application to set forth the number of freeholders residing within the proposed territory, nor is there any provision that it is to be verified by affidavit.</p>