Albright v. County of Bedford
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Bedford county: Of January Term, 1884, Nos. 282, 283, 284. Feigned issues, to determine whether Jacob L. Albright, William Rogers and S. S. Diehl, county commissioners of Bedford county, have been overpaid, and have in their hands certain money belonging to said county, as found in tlie annual report of the county auditors for tlie year ending December 31, 1880, from which finding the said commissioners had appealed.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Bedford county: Of January Term, 1884, Nos. 282, 283, 284. Feigned issues, to determine whether Jacob L. Albright, William Rogers and S. S. Diehl, county commissioners of Bedford county, have been overpaid, and have in their hands certain money belonging to said county, as found in tlie annual report of the county auditors for tlie year ending December 31, 1880, from which finding the said commissioners had appealed. The county of Bedford was plaintiff in each issue. The declarations averred that said Albright, Rogers and Diehl were duly elected county…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Mercur
These three cases were argued together. They present the same question. Each plaintiff in error was a commissioner of the county of Bedford.
The contention is whether the compensation of county commissioners is limited to the per diem fixed by the statute? They claim they have a right to demand payment for the additional expenses incurred by them in travelling around through the county for the purpose of holding appeals in the several townships and boroughs, and also in visiting and examining county bridges. The claim includes railroad fare, and the hire of conveyances, also hotel bills for…
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