Richie v. Philadelphia
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 235, Oct. T., 1907, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., June T., 1907, No. 3,823, for defendant on case stated in suit of James E. Richie v. Philadelphia. Case stated to determine the amount of plaintiff’s salary as a real estate assessor of Philadelphia county.
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Appeal, No. 235, Oct. T., 1907, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., June T., 1907, No. 3,823, for defendant on case stated in suit of James E. Richie v. Philadelphia. Case stated to determine the amount of plaintiff’s salary as a real estate assessor of Philadelphia county. From the case stated it appeared that on December 31,1903, . the board of revision of taxes of Philadelphia county appointed James E. Richie, the plaintiff, as one of the real estate assessors of the county. At that time the.salary of real estate assessors was fixed by the act of April 12, 1873, at…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
By the Act of May 31,1907, P. L. 329, the salary of the real estate assessors in counties having a population of 1,000,000 *193or over was increased from $2,000 to $3,000. The plaintiff was one of the assessors in the county of Philadelphia at the time the act referred to was approved and claims to be entitled to the increased compensation provided thereby. The defendant objects that the salary of the plaintiff cannot be increased during the continuance of his term because of sec. 13 of art. III. of the constitution, which provides that: “No law shall extend the term of…
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