STOCKDALE BOROUGH v. ASTLE


410 Pa. 257 (1963)

Stockdale Borough, Appellant, v. Astle.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 19, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Austin J. Murphy, with him Jack H. France, for appellant.

John E. Costello, for appellees.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and KEIM, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE O'BRIEN, March 19, 1963:

This appeal involves an interpretation of a section of The Borough Code, specifically, the Act of May 4, 1927, P.L. 519, § 1712, as most recently amended by the Act of December 1, 1959, P.L. 1623, § 1. (53 P.S. § 46712, 1962 Supp.)

The borough, without petition from a majority of the abutting property owners, enacted an ordinance directing the improvement of certain streets within its limits and...

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