Mayer v. Hemphill

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

Plaintiff, a taxpayer and registered elector, filed a taxpayer’s Complaint in Equity against the Controller and other (named) fiscal officers of Philadelphia to restrain them from paying the salary of James H. J. Tate; and to enjoin Tate from holding the office of City Councilman; and such other relief as the. Court may deem proper. Tate was granted permission by the Court to appear as defendant-intervenor. Tate, according to a prior decision of this Court in Mayer v. D’Ortona, 408 Pa. 518, 184 A. 2d 582, is an elected Councilman of the City of Philadelphia…