Spellman v. City of Scranton

Citations

• 17 Pa. Super. 223
• 1901 Pa. Super. LEXIS 287

Syllabus

<p>Appeals — Right to take appeal — Municipalities—Mayor.</p> <p>In an action against a city where an appeal has been taken by the mayor in his name as mayor, and it appears that in a former and similar case an appeal was discontinued by the direct action of the city councils, and it also appears that the city councils decline to affirm or ratify the action of the mayor, as mayor, in taking the later appeal, the court will quash the appeal.</p>