Cogan v. Bedford County
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 41, Oct. T., 1911, by H. W. Cogan, from judgment of C. P. Bedford Co., Sept. T., 1909, No. 244, on verdict for defendant in case of H. W. Cogan v. Bedford County. Appeal from county auditors. Before Woods, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed. Errors assigned were (1-3) rulings set forth in the opinion of the Superior Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
This case is founded on an appeal by plaintiff from the report of the county auditors of Bedford county at their meeting in 1909. Said report was against the claims of the plaintiff and it was filed in the prothonotary's office of the common pleas of Bedford county on February 5, 1909, and on April 3, 1909, an issue was framed by the court wherein H. W. Cogan was made plaintiff and the county of Bedford defendant. The plaintiff subsequently filed a statement of claim and the defendant pleaded and the issue thus joined came on for trial before the court and a jury, and…
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