Payne v. School District
Citations
- 168 Pa. 386
- 31 A. 1072
- 1895 Pa. LEXIS 808
Syllabus
<p>Constitutional law — Statutes—Title of act — Act of Feb. 8,1871.</p> <p>The act of Feb. 8, 1871, sec. 2, P. L. 31, entitled “ An act to enable the board of school directors of the borough of Coudersport, in the county of Potter, to establish and maintain a graded school,” and providing “ that the whole of the territory contained in the East Fork road district, in the county of Potter, is hereby annexed to the said school district of Coudersport, and the board of school directors of said district are authorized and empowered to levy and collect a school tax upon the assessed valuation of all property in said territory, the same as they levy and collect the property within the original bounds of said school district,” is defective in title and repugnant to the eighth section of the eleventh article of the constitution of Pennsylvania in force at the time of the passage of the act.</p>
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- “[BJecause this is a statutory appeal... the rules of civil procedure generally do not apply.... Therefore, use of the petition to intervene as a vehicle to gain participation in the litigation is inappropriate.”
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Judges: Dean, Fell, McCollum, Stbrrett, Williams
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