Storch v. Lansdowne Borough

Citations

• 239 Pa. 306
• 86 A. 861
• 1913 Pa. LEXIS 561

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities — Increases of indebtedness — Submission to electors — Expression of desire — Ordinances.</p> <p>1. Where a borough council desires to submit to a vote of the electors of the borough the question as to whether there shall be an increase of the borough indebtedness, it must signify its desire for such increase, but such expression of desire may be contained in the same ordinance that provides for the submission to the electors. Hoffman v. Pittsburgh, 229 Pa. 36, and Bullitt v. Philadelphia, 230 Pa. 544, distinguished.</p> <p>2. In such a case the title of the ordinance, describing it as “An ordinance for the increase of the indebtedness of the borough...... in the sum of $75,000.00, and further providing for a special election to authorize the same,” is not misleading and is sufficiently full and specific.</p> <p>Me. Justice Brown dissents.</p>