Smithgall v. Campbell

DISSENTING OPINION BY

Judge SMITH-RIBNER.

I respectfully dissent from the Majority’s decision to affirm the trial court’s order permitting the elected Mayor of Lancaster, a third class city, to sign certain financing documents in his own right as Mayor and then to sign those same documents exercising power of attorney over the elected Controller of Lancaster who refused to execute the documents after being made aware of issues raised by the County Solicitor as to the propriety of the proposed financing scheme. The Majority affirms the order of the Common Pleas Court of Lancaster County that…