DeFranco v. BELARDINO

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones,

This action in equity was instituted by certain taxpayers (appellees) of Bensalem Township, Bucks Coun*236ty, against the township supervisors (appellants) in order to challenge the appointment of Dominic Belardino as a township supervisor by the other supervisors.* After an evidentiary hearing, the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County, sitting in equity, entered a decree nisi in favor of the appellees; subsequent exceptions were eventually denied and a final decree entered. This appeal followed.

Fred E. Zeigler, a township supervisor whose term of office would…