DeWalt v. Bartley
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Nos. 411, 429, 457 January Term 1892, Sup. Ct.; courts below, No. 746 December Term 1891, C. P. No. 2 Philadelphia County; No. 4 April Term 1892, C. P. Lackawanna County; and No. 2 Equity Docket 1892, C. P. Lebanon County. DeWalt v. Bartley.
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Nos. 411, 429, 457 January Term 1892, Sup. Ct.; courts below, No. 746 December Term 1891, C. P. No. 2 Philadelphia County; No. 4 April Term 1892, C. P. Lackawanna County; and No. 2 Equity Docket 1892, C. P. Lebanon County. DeWalt v. Bartley. To No. 746 December Term 1891, of the Court of Common Pleas No. 2 of Philadelphia county, Hiram DeWalt and others filed a bill in equity against William Bartley and others, county commissioners; Thomas M. Thompson, controller, and George D. McCreary, treasurer of the county of Philadelphia. The bill recited the principal provisions of the ballot act of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson:
Each of the above cases is an appeal from the refusal of the learned judge below to grant a preliminary injunction. The object of the respective bills was to test the constitutionality of the act of assembly, approved June 19, 1891, entitled: “An Act to regulate the nomination and election of public officers; requiring certain expenses incident thereto to be paid by the several counties and certain other expenses to be paid by the commonwealth, and punishing certain offences in regard to such elections.”
The effect of these proceedings, commenced in different…
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