WOOD ET AL. v. PARKHOUSE ET AL.

No. 2849 C.D. 1981.

70 Pa.Commw. 288 (1982)

Lois Wood et al., Appellants v. A. Russell Park-house et al., Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

December 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Sheehan, for appellants.

Roger B. Reynolds, Sr., with him Roger B. Reynolds, Jr., Brownback & Reynolds, for appellees.

Argued June 8, 1982, before President Judge CRUMLISH, JR. and Judges ROGERS, BLATT, CRAIG and MacPHAIL.


OPINION BY PRESIDENT JUDGE CRUMLISH, JR., December 8, 1982:

Appellants, citizens of Montgomery County, filed an action in mandamus to compel the Montgomery County Commissioners to establish a County Prison Board. They alleged that the Second Class County Prison Board Act, Act of December 10, 1980, P.L. 1152, 61 P.S. § 407.1, applied to Second Class A Counties (Montgomery County).

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