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COM. ex rel. MAURER v. BURNS

365 Pa. 596 (1950)

Commonwealth ex rel. Maurer, District Attorney, Appellant, v. Burns.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 13, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Price, with him Elkins Wetherill, and William Barclay Lex, for appellant.

Joseph W. Henderson, with him Joseph H. Lieberman and Rawle & Henderson, for appellee.

Before DREW, C.J., STERN, STEARNE, JONES, LADNER and CHIDSEY, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE DREW, November 13, 1950:

The sole question raised by this appeal is whether an appointment to the Board of Revision of Taxes of Philadelphia County is valid when made by a majority of the judges of the courts of common pleas of that county without notice to all of such judges and without a meeting of them.

On June 20, 1950, a "round robin" purporting to appoint defendant, Joseph J. Burns...

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