Legal Opinion
Milford Township Supervisors' Removal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 26, 1927No. Appeal, 103PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
The court below held that section 192 of the General Township Act of July 14, 1917, P. L. 840, 862, conflicts with article VI, section 4, of the Constitution of the State, and hence dismissed appellants’ petition to have the offices of township supervisors, held by respondents, declared vacant because of their specified derelictions of duty. No other question was considered. This appeal, by petitioners, followed.
Article VI, section 4, so far as pertinent, provides that “All officers elected by the people [with certain irrelevant exceptions] shall be removed by…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MoirSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Attorney General v. BennSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
- Lloyd v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- Bowman's CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
- Commonwealth ex rel. Braughler v. WeirSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Suermann v. Hadley, Treas. (White)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
- Watson v. Pennsylvania Turnpike CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Weiss v. ZieglerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Bowers v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
- Citizens Committee to Recall Rizzo v. Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
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