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Commonwealth Ex Rel. McClenachan v. Reading

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 22, 1939No. Appeals, 227 and 230PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Me. Justice Deew,

Tlie relator, the District Attorney of Delaware County, instituted these quo warranto proceedings seeking judgments of ouster against the defendants, Harry Tillman and Albert Reading, on the ground that they each hold the office of deputy sheriff contrary to law. The suggestions for the writs averred that both defendants were found guilty in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on November 27, 1933, of the crime of conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Act (October 28, 1919, c. 85, 41 Stat. 305) and that they are…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Applegate v. Lexington & Carter County Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Fowler v. Equitable Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
  3. Commonwealth v. MinnichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
  4. Commonwealth v. McDermottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
  5. Schendel v. McGeeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1924

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. TravagliaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Commonwealth v. BaumhammersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  3. Kravitz EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  4. Helena Rubenstein Internat. v. YoungerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1977
  5. Commonwealth v. BeckerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987

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