Legal Opinion
Horsham Township Election
Montgomery County Court of Quarter Sessions
Decided May 24, 1966No. 572PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Ditter, J.,
— This matter concerns a petition to increase the number of supervisors in a second class township from three to five and an intervenor’s motion to dismiss the petition on constitutional grounds.
The Second Class Township Code of May 1, 1933, P. L. 103, as amended by the Act of July 13,1961, P. L. 596, sec. 1, 53 PS §65402, states in part:
“Section 402 ... (A) The electors of each township shall elect... three supervisors ...
“(B) The court of quarter sessions upon petition may provide for the election of two additional supervisors in any township having a population of ten thousand…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Commonwealth ex rel. McClain v. LockeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1873
- Daly v. HemphillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Fox v. SwingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Commonwealth v. FranklinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Commonwealth v. GarlandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In re Appointment of Additional SupervisorsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975