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RITENOUR v. PEIRCE

442 Pa. 1 (1971)

Ritenour, Appellant, v. Peirce.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

February 2, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Gondelman, for appellant.

James D. Morton, with him Buchanan, Ingersoll, Rodewald, Kyle & Buerger, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, EAGEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY and BARBIERI, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE POMEROY, February 2, 1971:

The Constitution of Pennsylvania, as last amended in 1968, provides that county officers (in counties other than Philadelphia) shall consist, inter alia, of prothonotaries and "clerks of the courts". Article IX, Sec. 4. By Section 15 of the Schedule of Article V, these two offices were defined, until otherwise provided by law, as "the offices of prothonotary and clerk...

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