Commonwealth ex rel. District Attorney v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 22, Jan. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1914, No. 501, for defendants on demurrer to answer to suggestion for writ of quo warranto, in case of Commonwealth, ex rel., District Attorney, y. Edward Jackson and Charles Burlingame. Suggestion for writ of quo warranto. Before Edwards, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The plaintiff demurred to the answer to the suggestion for the writ.
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Appeal, No. 22, Jan. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1914, No. 501, for defendants on demurrer to answer to suggestion for writ of quo warranto, in case of Commonwealth, ex rel., District Attorney, y. Edward Jackson and Charles Burlingame. Suggestion for writ of quo warranto. Before Edwards, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The plaintiff demurred to the answer to the suggestion for the writ. The court overruled the demurrer and entered judgment for defendants. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was the judgment of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
The suggestion for a writ quo warranto in this case *532avers that defendants, who are school directors of the school district of the Borough of Dickson City, were separately indicted for soliciting and accepting a bribe. to influence their votes and action in their capacity as school directors. The first count of the indictment charges that each defendant did “wilfully and unlawfully ask for, receive and accept......a certain sum of money, to wit, the sum of ten dollars for his vote, recommendation and influence, to secure the said Borough of Dickson City school…
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