House v. Allegheny County

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

Appellant, a justice of the peace, sued the county of Allegheny in assumpsit to recover fees alleged to be due under the Act of April 5, 1929, P. L. 170, §1, 42 PS §211, which provides that “In all cases of summary convictions, in which the defendant is convicted and sentenced to jail in default of payment of the fine and costs imposed, the costs of prosecution shall be paid by the county.” He alleged in his original and amended statements of claim that he had tried and imposed sentences in enumerated summary proceedings in which the defendants therein were committed to…