Commonwealth ex rel. District Attorney v. Snyder

Strouss, P. J., and Lloyd, J.,

The object of this proceeding is to test the right of A. L. Snyder to the office of Township Treasurer of Coal Township. It was instituted upon the suggestion of Edward Raker, district attorney of this county, representing:

*2251. That at an election held by the board of township commissioners on Feb. 27, 1928, Abe L. Snyder, defendant above named, was elected to the office of Treasurer of Coal Township.

2. That the election of said Abe L. Snyder as township treasurer is illegal and void, because

(a,) The meeting of Feb. 27, 1928, at which said election was held, was not…