Commonwealth v. Bowditch
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 216, Jan. T., 1906, by plaintiffs, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., March T., 1906, No. 2,236, quashing writ of quo warranto in case of Commonwealth ex rel. Frank B. Stewart, Charles 0.. Russell, Charles E. Ernes and James J. Finn, Individually and as Managers for the Relief and Employment of the Poor of the Township of Germantown, v. Walter Bowditch. Suggestion for quo warranto.
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Appeal, No. 216, Jan. T., 1906, by plaintiffs, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., March T., 1906, No. 2,236, quashing writ of quo warranto in case of Commonwealth ex rel. Frank B. Stewart, Charles 0.. Russell, Charles E. Ernes and James J. Finn, Individually and as Managers for the Relief and Employment of the Poor of the Township of Germantown, v. Walter Bowditch. Suggestion for quo warranto. From the record it appeared that the relators were members of the board of managers for the relief and employment of the poor of the township of Germantown. The respondent claimed membership in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
"While the controlling question involved in this appeal is whether the relators have such an interest in the title of the respondent to the office of member of the board of managers for the relief and employment of the poor in the township of Germantown, as to enable them to institute a proceeding by quo wnrranto to inquire into his right to hold said office, it is related to, and in some degree dependent upon, other questions that must necessarily be considered. The Act of January 20, 1839, P. L. 337, provides among other things for the election of members of the…
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- Melvin v. SummervilleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Riel v. GannonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Commonwealth ex rel. Yard v. MeeserSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1863
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