Shaw v. City of Allegheny
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of .Common Pleas No 2, of Allegheny county : Of October Term, 1886, No. 223. This was an action of assumpsit by W. A. Shaw against the City of Allegheny to recover the amount of taxes paid by him to said city under protest. The plaintiff filed the following affidavit of claims which,, by agreement of parties, was submitted to the court, White, J., as a case stated.
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Error to the Court of .Common Pleas No 2, of Allegheny county : Of October Term, 1886, No. 223. This was an action of assumpsit by W. A. Shaw against the City of Allegheny to recover the amount of taxes paid by him to said city under protest. The plaintiff filed the following affidavit of claims which,, by agreement of parties, was submitted to the court, White, J., as a case stated. W. A. Shaw, the plaintiff, being sworn, saith that the defendant, the city of Allegheny, a municipal corporation under the laws of the state of Pennsylvania, is indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of $210.89,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stekkett
It is at least doubtful whether we should consent to review a perfunctory judgment such as this appears ,‘to be by the admission of the learned judge who entered it. In the brief opinion accompanying the record he says: “By agreement of
counsel, the facts set forth in the affidavit of claim are to be considered as a case stated, and it is desired to have the case decided without delay so as to get it before the, Supreme Court this term. The late day when it is submitted, (October 22d) and that without argument, makes it impossible for the court to give the case a full consideration.”
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