Bonner v. Jennings

Citations

• 224 Pa. 391
• 73 A. 449
• 1909 Pa. LEXIS 804

Syllabus

<p>Public officers — Borough solicitor — Term of office — Act of April 25, 1907, P. L. 103.</p> <p>Where an attorney at law is employed by a borough for one year, and about six weeks thereafter the Act of April 25, 1907, P. L. 103, is passed, creating the office of borough'solicitor and fixing the term of office at three years, such attorney does not become borough solicitor at the end of his year of employment without an election as provided by the act, and an ordinance enacted subsequent to the passage of the act fixing the amount of his bond, is not the equivalent of an election under the act.</p>