WILLIAMS v. Rowe

Opinion by

Judge Kramer,

This is an appeal frord. two orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland County: (1) refusing plaintiffs’ (appellants here) Motion for a Summary Judgment, and (2) sustaining defendant’s (appellee here) Preliminary Objections to a Complaint in Mandamus.

On January 21, 1971, Paul D. Williams et al. (appellants) presented a written request to Helen Howe (appellée), City Clerk of the City of Sunbury, asking for the preparation of a petition for the submission of a proposed ordinance to the City Council. The above mentioned “written request” ivas signed by one…