Leasure v. Mahoning Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to a special court for Indiana county. John Leasure against Mahoning and Montgomery townships, in Indiana county. The plaintiff having been the supervisor of the said township for the years 1819 and 1821, his accounts were settled by the auditors each year, and a balance was found to be due the plaintiff, for which this suit was brought, by authority of a special act of assembly, passed the 16th of June, 1836. On 'the trial the plaintiff gave in evidence the…
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ERROR to a special court for Indiana county. John Leasure against Mahoning and Montgomery townships, in Indiana county. The plaintiff having been the supervisor of the said township for the years 1819 and 1821, his accounts were settled by the auditors each year, and a balance was found to be due the plaintiff, for which this suit was brought, by authority of a special act of assembly, passed the 16th of June, 1836. On 'the trial the plaintiff gave in evidence the settlements of his accounts, and then offered in evidence a settlement of them again by the auditors for the year 1831. This was…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
The first error is a bill of exceptions, taken to the opinion of the court, rejecting the report of the auditors of Mahoning township, appointed for the year 1831, of their having, at the request of the plaintiff, examined orders drawn in his favour for balances due to him as supervisor of the said township in the years 1819 and 1821, and of their having thereupon found certain balances to be still due thereon to him. The court, in our opinion, decided correctly in refusing to admit this evidence. The auditors of 1831 had no authority, under…
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