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HARRINGTON v. CARROLL

428 Pa. 510 (1968)

Harrington, Appellant, v. Carroll.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 14, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward R. Becker, with him Herbert W. Salus, Jr., Larrick B. Stapleton, Oscar N. Gaskins, and Becker & Becker, for appellant.

Levy Anderson, First Deputy City Solicitor, with him Edward G. Bauer, Jr., City Solicitor, for appellees.

David Berger, with him Cohen, Shapiro, Berger, Polisher and Cohen, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, March 14, 1968:

Section 2-103 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter states: "QUALIFICATIONS OF COUNCILMEN. A councilman shall be a citizen of the United States, shall have been a resident of the City for at least one year prior to his election, and shall be at least twenty-five years of age when elected to office. District councilmen shall be, and during their terms of office shall remain, residents of the districts from which they...

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