Commonwealth Ex Rel. Fortney v. Bobrofskie

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

By the judgment of the court below in a quo warranto proceeding appellant was removed from office as a member of the board of commissioners of Coal Township, Northumberland County, because the court found he was not a resident of that township at the time of his election and had not been for the preceding year, as required by law. The only question for consideration, therefore, is whether the court’s determination of residence was correct.

Coal Township is a first class township having thirteen wards. The First Class Township Law of June 24, 1931, P. L. 1206, sec.…