Commonwealth v. Wyman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEPENDANT PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OP ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 52 October Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 274 March Term 1891, C. P. No. 1. On December 31, 1890, upon petition of Joseph Carson, a citizen and tax-payer of the city of Allegheny, the court below granted a rule upon James G. Wyman, mayor of said city, to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue against the respondent, commanding him to issue an official proclamation calling for…
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APPEAL BY DEPENDANT PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OP ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 52 October Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 274 March Term 1891, C. P. No. 1. On December 31, 1890, upon petition of Joseph Carson, a citizen and tax-payer of the city of Allegheny, the court below granted a rule upon James G. Wyman, mayor of said city, to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue against the respondent, commanding him to issue an official proclamation calling for the election of one member of select council from each of the wards of the city at the next municipal election. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson:
It has been ascertained, in the manner required by law, that the city of Allegheny has now a population which entitles it, under the classification acts of 1874 and 1889, to become a city of the second class. Prior to the last census it was a city of the third class. It now passes from the one class to the other, by *520reason of its growth in population, without shock or disturbance. It is the first event of the kind in the political history of the' state, and is not without interest.
It is conceded that up to the present time the city of Allegheny has been…
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