Spyker v. Wible
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal No. 35, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Huntingdon Co., Dec. T., 1910, No. 4, on verdict for defendant in case of Ella B. Spyker, Executrix of the Will of G. N. Spyker, deceased, v. E. R. Wible, W. L. Johnston and J. K. Wiley, Commissioners of Huntingdon county. Issue on appeal from report of county auditors. Before Woods, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for defendant by direction of the court.
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Appeal No. 35, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Huntingdon Co., Dec. T., 1910, No. 4, on verdict for defendant in case of Ella B. Spyker, Executrix of the Will of G. N. Spyker, deceased, v. E. R. Wible, W. L. Johnston and J. K. Wiley, Commissioners of Huntingdon county. Issue on appeal from report of county auditors. Before Woods, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for defendant by direction of the court. Error assigned was in giving binding directions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
In November, 1905, A. W. Spyker was elected treasurer of Huntingdon county for a term of three years, and assumed the duties of his office on the first Monday of January, 1906. Spyker died on August 2, 1907, and his son, G-. N. Spyker, the appellant, was appointed as county treasurer to succeed him. In June and July, . 1906, there was no money in the county treasury with which to pay the county’s current indebtedness, and the commissioners made an arrangement with the Standing Stone National Bank of Huntingdon by which the county treasurer was permitted to…
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- County of Schuylkill v. BoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- Northampton County v. YoheSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1855
3Cited by1 opinion
- Huntingdon County v. Spyker's Exrx.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922