SILVER v. DOWNS


493 Pa. 50 (1981)

425 A.2d 359

Paul SILVER, Supervisor of the Township of Buckingham, and Donald W. Parker, Supervisor of the Township of Buckingham, Petitioners, v. David A. DOWNS, Supervisor, William H. Yerkes, III, Former Supervisor, Duncan E. Beaton, Former Auditor, Edward L. Reim, Former Supervisor, W. Earl Rockafellow, Former Supervisor, Julian P. Perry, Former Supervisor and others and The Honorable Isaac S. Garb, Judge of Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Hearn, Sally Akan, Joseph J. Serritella, Lynne E. Delanty, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, for petitioners.

Donald B. McCoy, Newtown, for respondents.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.


OPINION

KAUFFMAN, Justice.

Before us is a petition for review of an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County disqualifying the solicitor of Buckingham Township from representing petitioners, two township supervisors who are defendants in a recall action brought under Section 503 of the Second Class Township Code, 53 P.S. § 65503 ("Section 503").1 Respondents are the named...

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