Court Opinion

ID: 9763365
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 02:43:08.333787+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:29:41.734726
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion by
Mr. Justice Pomeroy :
I respectfully dissent.
This case presents a slick and transparent scheme on the part of elected public officials to accomplish by indirection that which could not be done directly. It was within the power of a court of equity to prevent this usurpation of power and the chancellor was correct in exercising equitable jurisdiction to do so. As we stated in Mayer v. Hemphill, 411 Pa. 1, 190 A. 2d 444 (1963), quoted in the opinion of the majority, “Courts are striving to get away from technicalities in order to promote justice and if the public interest is to be protected, Courts cannot blind themselves to realities.” 411 Pa. at 8, 190 A. 2d at 447.
I accordingly would affirm the decree for the reasons fully, and, as I believe, correctly set forth in the opinion of the court en banc below in overruling the exceptions to the chancellor’s adjudication.