Commonwealth v. Egan

Citations

• 234 Pa. 24
• 82 A. 1098

Syllabus

<p>Public officers — Burgess—Interest in sales to borough — Stockholder of a corporation — Act of May 28,1907, P. L. 262.</p> <p>Under the Act of May 28, 1907, P. L. 262, a burgess of a borough will be ousted from his office, if it appears that he was a stockholder and president of a corporation at a time when the corporation sold supplies to the borough, and this is the case although the burgess may have had no knowledge of the sales until warrants were issued for the same, and he was called upon to indorse and did indorse such warrants as president of the corporation.</p>