Leedom v. Allen
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 171, Oct. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Delaware Co., March T., 1912, No. 232, refusing writ of mandamus in case of G. Howard Leedom v. George W. Allen, Jesse D. Pierson and Thomas F. Feeley, Commissioners of Delaware County. Petition for writ of mandamus. Before Johnson, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was order refusing writ of peremptory mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
This proceeding had its origin in a petition presented to the court below by G. Howard Leedom, treasurer of Haverford township, Delaware county, representing that said township had, on December 27, 1910, been duly decreed to be a township of the first class; that at the municipal election in said township, on November 7, 1911, the petitioner had been duly elected township treasurer of said township and had since duly qualified for and become township treasurer of said township; that under the provisions of the Act of May 28, 1907, P. L. 273, the office of township tax…
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