Wright v. Donaldson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 191, Oct. T., 1893, by plaintiff, Joseph M. Wright, from judgment of C. P. Armstrong Co., March T., 1893, No. 2, on case stated in favor of defendants, S. G. Donaldson et al., commissioners of Armstrong county. Case stated to determine liability of county for witness fees. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court, Rayburn, P. J., entered judgment for defendant. Error assigned was entry of judgment as above.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
The plaintiff was a witness on behalf of the commonwealth upon a trial of a defendant for a misdemeanor. The defendant was convicted. A motion was made for a new trial, which was refused; but the court of quarter sessions suspended the sentence indefinitely, and the defendant was discharged from his recognizance and allowed to go without day. The defendants, commissioners of Armstrong county, refuse to pay the witnesses for the commonwealth, alleging that under the act of 1887, the liability of the county does not arise until a sentence fixing the extent of the…
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