Commonwealth v. Samuel
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 103, Oct. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lawrence Co., March T., 1912, M. I)., No. 17, for defendant on agreed facts in case of Commonwealth ex rel. Harvey L. Palmer v. David Samuel. Quo warranto to try title to office. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Error assigned was in entering judgment for defendant. cited: Com. v. Sharetts, 231 Pa. 525; Com. v. Smith, 10 Just.
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Appeal, No. 103, Oct. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lawrence Co., March T., 1912, M. I)., No. 17, for defendant on agreed facts in case of Commonwealth ex rel. Harvey L. Palmer v. David Samuel. Quo warranto to try title to office. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Error assigned was in entering judgment for defendant. cited: Com. v. Sharetts, 231 Pa. 525; Com. v. Smith, 10 Just. Law Repr. 135; French v. Teschemaker, 24 Cal. 518; Richie v. Philadelphia, 225 Pa. 511; Lloyd v. Smith, 176 Pa. 213; Com. v. McAfee, 232 Pa. 36; Com. v. Sheatz, 228 Pa. 301; Com. v.…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
The appellant correctly states the question involved: “Does the term of office of an assessor in a city of the third class, chosen at the February election in 1910, end on the first Monday of December, 1911, under the schedule for the amendments to the Constitution adopted in 1909 so as to create a vacancy in the office to be filled at the municipal election in November, 1911, or does his term run to the first Monday of December, 1913?”
The relator was elected property assessor in the City of-New Castle on the third Tuesday of February, 1910, and claims that…
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