Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Fraim

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 22, 1851PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Error, to the Common Pleas of Lancaster county. This was an application in the name of the Commonwealth ex rel. the School Directors of Manheim township, Lancaster county, for a mandamus to be issued to Miller Fraim, treasurer of Lancaster county.- The petition was as follows:— To the honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county.

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Error, to the Common Pleas of Lancaster county. This was an application in the name of the Commonwealth ex rel. the School Directors of Manheim township, Lancaster county, for a mandamus to be issued to Miller Fraim, treasurer of Lancaster county.- The petition was as follows:— To the honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county. The petition of John S. Hostetter, Christian Ilostetter, John Miller, David Harnish, John Huber, and John Gerber, school directors of the school district consisting of Manheim township, in the said county, respectfully represents : That by an…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered May 22, by

Chambers, J.

This case depends on the construction of the act of Assembly of 11th of April 1848, in which, amongst other things, it is enacted, “that the common school system, from and after the passage of this act, shall be deemed, held, and taken to be adopted by the several school districts of this commonwealth; and that the school directors of the respective school districts from which the undrawn school appropriations'were taken by the act of 29th of April 1844, entitled ‘An act to reduce the State debt, and to incorporate the Pennsylvania…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Revocation of Wolf's LicenseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  2. In re License of UmholtzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
  3. Oil City v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
  4. Baldwin's Appeal, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Erie County1933
  5. Commonwealth v. AsturinoWashington County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1924

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