County of Luzerne v. Trimmer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia county: Of May Term 1880, No. 119. This action was originally brought in Luzerne county, .and the venire was afterwards changed to Columbia county.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia county: Of May Term 1880, No. 119. This action was originally brought in Luzerne county, .and the venire was afterwards changed to Columbia county. It was a case stated, in substance, as follows: S. W. Trimmer was duly elected at the general election in the fall of 1873, and commissioned prothonotary of the county of Luzerne, to hold office until the first Monday of January 1877, and until his successor was duly qualified, and held the office from the 13th March 1875, to the 3d of January 1877. A. P. Barber was elected to the office of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
The right of the defendant in error to the emoluments of the office ended when it was judicially decided that Barber was duly elected and entitled to the office. The decision in favor of Barber was made by the Court of Common Pleas on the 30th June 1877. Inasmuch, however, as a certiorari was taken to that judgment, and it was not affirmed in this court until the 25th March 1878, the learned judge held the defendant in error entitled to the emoluments of the office until the latter date. In so holding there was error. Due effect was not thereby given to the judgment of the 30th June 1877. The…
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