Legal Opinion

Trinsey v. Montgomery County Board of Elections

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County

Decided February 25, 1963No. 62-11701PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Forrest, P. J.,

Plaintiff instituted this action in equity to enjoin the County Board of Elections from placing the names of candidates for additional township supervisors on the ballot for the Primary Election of 1963 and to enjoin the Supervisors of Upper Merion Township from taking any other steps to increase the number of supervisors from three to five.

Plaintiff contends that the act of assembly, under which the court of quarter sessions of this county ordered the number of supervisors so increased, is unconstitutional. The matter is before us on defendants’ preliminary objections in the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Knup v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  2. Pritchard v. WickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  3. Haverford Township v. SiegleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In re Appointment of Additional SupervisorsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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