COM. EX REL. ZIMMERMAN v. KLEIMAN


485 Pa. 421 (1979)

402 A.2d 1343

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania ex rel. LeRoy Z. ZIMMERMAN, District Attorney of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, v. Leah KLEIMAN, Commissioner, Susquehanna Township Board of Commissioners, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 31, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome H. Gerber and James L. Cowden, Handler & Gerber, P.C., Harrisburg, for appellant.

Joseph H. Kleinfelter, Deputy Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of ouster of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County excluding appellant, Leah Kleiman, "from action and participation as a Susquehanna Township Commissioner." We reverse.

On October 12, 1978, the Board of Commissioners of Susquehanna Township1 consisted of seven commissioners, each of whom represented one of the township's seven wards. Four...

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