Harding v. Pinchot

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Frazer,

These two bills filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, one by Mabel M. Hamilton and the other by George J. Harding, against these defendants, raise the same questions of law, were argued together, and will both be disposed of in this opinion. The Hamilton bill avers an interest both personal and as a taxpayer ; the Harding bill avers interest as a taxpayer and is filed for himself and “all other taxpayers who may join” therein.

The facts are not in dispute. Miss Hamilton had been a notary public continuously for the past twenty-four years,…