Commonwealth ex rel. Vesneski v. Reid
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 7, Jan. T., 1920, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1918, No. 1011, overruling plaintiff’s demurrer to respondents’ return to a writ of mandamus in the case of Commonwealth ex rel. Louis D. Vesneski v. James Reid et al., Members of Council of Dickson City Borough.
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Appeal, No. 7, Jan. T., 1920, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1918, No. 1011, overruling plaintiff’s demurrer to respondents’ return to a writ of mandamus in the case of Commonwealth ex rel. Louis D. Vesneski v. James Reid et al., Members of Council of Dickson City Borough. Petition for mandamus against members of borough council commanding defendants to desist from interfering with the relator in the exercise of his rights and functions as burgess. Before Edwards, P. J. The respondents filed a return in which they held that the relator had been tried and adjudged…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
At the election held November 6, 1917, Louis D. Vesneski was elected burgess of Dickson City Borough for a term of four years beginning the first Monday of January, 1918, at which date he duly qualified and entered on the duties of his office. Written charges having been preferred against him, alleging neglect of duty, habitual drunkenness and bribery, the borough council adopted a resolution requiring him to show cause why he should not be removed from his office. He filed an answer denying the charges and also the jurisdiction of the council, but refused to…
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