BRUKER v. CARLISLE BOROUGH


376 Pa. 330 (1954)

Bruker, Appellant, v. Carlisle Borough.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 13, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Faller, Jr., with him James D. Flower, for appellants.

Tom H. Bietsch, with him Harold S. Irwin and Joseph L. Kramer, for appellees.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HORACE STERN, January 13, 1954:

The town of Carlisle was laid out in 1751 according to a plan of Thomas Penn, then Proprietor of Pennsylvania. In a letter to Richard Peters, Secretary of the Province, he wrote that in the center of Carlisle he would have a Square and that "the Court House may be in the middle of one side and the Gaal in any place near, there may be a places I think in the middle of the Center Square for a Market, or if...

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