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· 10/23/1918

Parkin v. New Kensington Borough

Citations

  • 262 Pa. 433
  • 105 A. 629
  • 1918 Pa. LEXIS 669

Syllabus

<p>Equity — Jurisdiciion-^Bemedy at law — Borough ordinance — Annexation of land — Court of Quarter Sessions — Act of May H, 1915, P. L. 812.</p> <p>A court of equity has no jurisdiction of a suit in equity by a property owner to enjoin a municipality from proceeding under an ordinance providing for the annexation of part of his land to the borough, since Section 9 of Chapter 7, Article I, of the Borough Act of May 14,1915, P. L. 812, provides a remedy by complaint in the Court of Quarter Sessions in such a case, and this remedy is exclusive.</p>

Judges: Brown, Fox, Simpson, Stewart, Walling

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