Commonwealth v. M'Closkey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was a rule to show cause why an information in the nature of a writ Quo Warranto, should not be filed against the defendants, James M‘Closkey, John Paisley, and David Farrell, to inquire by what authority they exercised the office of commissioners of the township of Moyamensing, in the county of Philadelphia.
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This was a rule to show cause why an information in the nature of a writ Quo Warranto, should not be filed against the defendants, James M‘Closkey, John Paisley, and David Farrell, to inquire by what authority they exercised the office of commissioners of the township of Moyamensing, in the county of Philadelphia. The.facts upon which the argument was had, were briefly these:— The legislature, by an act of assembly, passed the 24th of March, 1812; incorporated the inhabitants of the said township by the name and style of “The commissioners and inhabitants of the township of Moyamensing.” Nine…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
— On the 20th of March, 1829, the respondents were elected to serve for three years, as commissioners of the township of Moyamensing. It appearing, at the close of the polls, that they had the highest number of votes, and the judges having given them notice of their election, on the 2d of April, 1829, they took the oath of office. The judges, in pursuance of the second section of the act of incorporation, returned the respondents as duly elected. Before the meeting of the commissioners, which is directed to be on *372the first Monday in April, a…
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