Legal Opinion

Commonwealth ex rel. Boyle v. Jakomas

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County

Decided August 3, 1956No. 3046Published

1Opinion of the Court

Kennedy, J.,

Edward C. Boyle, District Attorney of Allegheny County as relator, filed a complaint (twice amended) in quo warranto seeking judgment of ouster and forfeiture of office of defend*740ant, Andrew J. Jakomas, who is and has been since the first Monday in January, 1954, Mayor of the City of McKeesport, a city of the third class in this county. The complaint is based on the contention that defendant voted for the passage of a city council resolution No. 7325 in which he had a personal financial interest in securing a compromise of municipal liens on property then owned by him, and thereby…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Wilson v. New Castle CitySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  2. Commonwealth v. MillerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
  3. Likovich AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  4. Commonwealth ex rel. Whitehonse v. HarrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
  5. In Re Appeal From the Report of Township AuditorsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1928

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