Eddy v. Ashley Borough

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

William J. Eddy, for himself and other taxpayers of the Borough of Ashley, filed a taxpayer’s bill against the borough officials to test the title to office and to restrain the payment of salaries of the chief of police, other policemen, and the solicitor, and also to oust the borough engineers. The court declared the title of all the respondents good, but enjoined the payment of compensation to the solicitor and borough engineers, from which decree this appeal is taken.

The bill averred the borough engineers were illegally appointed, but it did not challenge…