# Adams Township v. Richland Township

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 16, 2016 · 635 Pa. 415

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3203838

## Case

- **Full name:** ADAMS TOWNSHIP v. RICHLAND TOWNSHIP; Cambria County; Watkins Glen Properties, Inc.; Clarann Hillenbrand, Dorian Frazier and Joanne Frazier; Debra Kuhne; Thomas Costa and Pamela Costa; David Anderson and Jean Anderson; Robert Burnworth and Mary Burnworth; Roy Lowry and Debra Lowry; Virginia Chapman; Berwind Corporation; Paul Singer; Vincent Maxwell and Jessica Maxwell; And Nancy Leone. Petition of Richland Township
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** May 16, 2016
- **Citations:** 635 Pa. 415; 136 A.3d 976; 2016 Pa. LEXIS 1012; 2016 WL 2856047
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Judges:** Per Curiam
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
WESTERN DISTRICT

ADAMS TOWNSHIP : No. 24 WAL 2016
:
:
v. : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from
: the Order of the Commonwealth Court
:
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP; CAMBRIA :
COUNTY; WATKINS GLEN :
PROPERTIES, INC.; CLARANN :
HILLENBRAND, DORIAN FRAZIER AND :
JOANNE FRAZIER; DEBRA KUHNE; :
THOMAS COSTA AND PAMELA COSTA; :
DAVID ANDERSON AND JEAN :
ANDERSON; ROBERT BURNWORTH :
AND MARY BURNWORTH; ROY LOWRY :
AND DEBRA LOWRY; VIRGINIA :
CHAPMAN; BERWIND CORPORATION; :
PAUL SINGER; VINCENT MAXWELL :
AND JESSICA MAXWELL; AND NANCY :
LEONE :
:
:
PETITION OF: RICHLAND TOWNSHIP :

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 16th day of May, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is

GRANTED. The issues, as stated by Petitioner, are:

1. Was it proper for the board of commissioners to consider the boundary as
shown in the tax assessment records not as evidence of the location of
the original line but as a practical alternative in order to resolve the
continuing uncertainty as to the location of the boundary?

2. Was it proper for the board of commissioners—when faced with the
inability to determine the original boundary—to consider the acquiescence
of the municipalities to the boundary as reflected in the tax maps, the
reliance by the landowners in the affected area on that tax map boundary,
and the inducement of such reliance by the municipalities in order to
resolve the continuing uncertainty as to the location of the original
boundary?

Petitioner’s Motion for Leave to Supplement Petition for Allowance of Appeal is

DENIED as moot.

[24 WAL 2016] - 2

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