Scheetz v. Borough of Lansdale

Opinion bt

Judge Craig,

■ John E. Scheetz and Robert W. Quinn, mayor and a councilman respectively of the Borough of Lansdale, appeal an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County which granted a motion for summary judgment in favor of the borough, the eight other council members and the borough manager.

Questioning the validity of council proceedings with respect to the purchase of and payment for land for a firehouse, the mayor and the one councilman, as taxpayers and residents of the borough, sought a pre*26liminary injunction to prevent the council from purchasing the property;…