Houseman v. Commonwealth ex rel. Tener
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to' the Court of Common PJeas No. 3 of Philadelphia eounty: Of January Term 1882, No. 212. Mandamus, by the Commonwealth ex rol. Ilenry P. Tener against John A. Houseman and others, members of tlie Select and Common Councils of tlie city of Philadelphia, to compel them to approve relator’s official bond as collector of delinquent taxes for tlie city and county of Philadelphia.
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Error to' the Court of Common PJeas No. 3 of Philadelphia eounty: Of January Term 1882, No. 212. Mandamus, by the Commonwealth ex rol. Ilenry P. Tener against John A. Houseman and others, members of tlie Select and Common Councils of tlie city of Philadelphia, to compel them to approve relator’s official bond as collector of delinquent taxes for tlie city and county of Philadelphia. Tlie petition of tlie relator set forth that on the 7th day of April 1879, Albert C. Roberts, then receiver of taxes of tlie city of Philadelphia, in pursuance of the provisions of an Act of Assembly, approved…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
The practical controversy between the parties to this proceeding turns upon the validity of the relator’s appointment. That question depends upon the construction to be given to the fourth section of the sixth article of the constitution of 1874. So much of the section ascertains to this contention is in these words : “ Appointed officers other than judges of the courts of record and the superintendent of public instruction may be removed at the pleasure of the power by which they shall have been appointed.”
Donohugh, the former incumbent of the office of collector of delinquent taxes in the…
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