Case Name: Commonwealth v. Shires
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1900-04-30
Citations: 195 Pa. 515
Docket Number: No. 131
Parties: Commonwealth v. Shires.
Judges: Before Green, C. J., McCollum, Mitchell, Dean, Fell, Brown and Mestrezat, JJ., on reargument.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 195
Pages: 515–515

Head Matter:
Commonwealth v. Shires.
Argued Feb. 20, 1899. Reargued, Jan. 80, 1900.
Appeal, No. 131, Jan. T., 1898, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Jan. T., 1898, No. 105, on quo warranto, in case of Com. ex rel. John R. Jones, District Attorney, v. George H. Shires et al.
Before Green, C. J., McCollum, Mitchell, Dean, Fell, Brown and Mestrezat, JJ., on reargument.
Reversed.
Quo warranto to determine title to office of school controllers of the city of Scranton.
F. W. Edgar and David J. Reedy, with them E. O. Neweomb, for appellants.
I. II. Burns, with him II. 0. Watrous, for appellee.
April 30, 1900:

Opinion:
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
This case raises the same question and was argued in connection with Com. ex rel. v. Gilligan, ante, p. 504, opinion filed today. For reasons there given the judgment is reversed and judgment is now entered for respondents (appellants) with costs.