Walsh v. Commonwealth ex rel. Evans
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna county: Of January Term 1879, No. 219. Quo warranto by the Commonwealth, ex relatione Richard Evans, against Patrick M. Walsh, to show cause by what authority he exercised the office of county surveyor of the county of Lackawanna.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna county: Of January Term 1879, No. 219. Quo warranto by the Commonwealth, ex relatione Richard Evans, against Patrick M. Walsh, to show cause by what authority he exercised the office of county surveyor of the county of Lackawanna. The suggestion of Evans, filed January 22d 1879, averred that on November 5th 1878, the relator was duly elected according to law to said office of county surveyor, to serve for three years, from the first Monday of January 1879 ; but notwithstanding said election the respondent used and continues to use the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodward
On the 17th of April 1878, the “Act to provide for the division of counties of this Commonwealth, and the erection of new counties therefrom,” was passed. Proceedings to promote the division of the county of Luzerne, and the erection of the county of Lackawanna were at once begun. These proceedings were perfected on the 21st of August 1878, when the governor declared by proclamation that a majority of the votes cast at the election held under the terms of the act, on the 13th of August 1878, had been in favor of the creation of the new county, and that thenceforth, in the words of the 9th…
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