Supreme Court of Pennsylvania October 5, 1925, Appeal, 109 (Commonwealth v. Washington City)

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

Pursuant to appropriate action by the corporate authorities of the then Borough of Washington, its qualified electors voted, on November 8, 1921, to change its form of government to that of a city of the third class; on April 5, 1923, the Governor issued letters patent to the new city, constituting and erecting it as a body corporate and politic; on November