Wernersville Borough

Citations

• 38 Pa. Super. 462
• 1909 Pa. Super. LEXIS 160

Syllabus

<p>Boroughs — Incorporation—Appeals—Certiorari—Review—Record— Evidence.</p> <p>An appeal from an order dismissing a petition for the incorporation of a borough, is in the nature of a certiorari, and the appellate court has power to review only the record as brought up without the evidence. If in such a case the lower court’s decision is based upon evidence that the petition was not signed by the required number of resident freeholders, the appellate court has no power to review the order.</p>