Commonwealth v. Schrotnick
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 237, Jan. T., 1912, by defendant, from order of C. P. Lackawanna Co., March T., 1912, No. 520, directing judgment of ouster in case of Commonwealth, ex relatione Shendor Kovacs, v. Mike Schrotnick. Quo warranto to try title of office. Before New-comb, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Error assigned was the judgment of ouster.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
Kovacs was elected councilman of the Borough of Throop at the November election in 1911. He did not file a statement of his election expenses within thirty days, as required by the Act of March 5, 1906, P. L. 78. The borough council met for the purpose of organization on January 1,1912, at which time Kovacs presented his certificate of election and asked to be qualified as a councilman. Because he had not filed a sworn statement of his election expense’s in the clerk’s office, council refused to recognize him as a member; held that he was disqualified; declared a…
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