Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Woodruff v. Joyce
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 28, 1927No. Appeal, 268PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Schaefer,
Patrick F. Joyce is a state senator of Pennsylvania. He is also a director of the poor in a poor district composed of portions of Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties, serving as such by appointment of the president judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County, as the law provides. The poor district was created by the special Act of May 8, 1857, P. L. 439.
A writ of quo warranto was sued out at the suggestion of the attorney general in which it was averred that Senator Joyce is ineligible to hold the office of poor director because of the Act of May 15, 1874,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Emhardt v. Wilson, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1934
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