Jenkins v. Scranton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 22, Jan. T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of C. P., Lackawanna Co., Sept. T., 1902, No. 1300, incase of George W. Jenkins v. Scranton City.
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Appeal, No. 22, Jan. T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of C. P., Lackawanna Co., Sept. T., 1902, No. 1300, incase of George W. Jenkins v. Scranton City. For prior adjudication of questions between these parties see Jenkins v. Scranton, 202 Pa. 267. Exceptions to the report of Milton W. Lowry, Esq., referee, who recommended that judgment be entered in favor of the plaintiff for $5,416.66. The court in an opinion by Edwards, P. J., dismissed the exceptions and entered the judgment. The facts sufficiently appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
In Jenlcins v. Scranton, 202 Pa. 267, we held that the plaintiff, who is the appellee in this case, was the lawful delinquent tax collector of the city of Scranton, by virtue of his appointment by the recorder of the city on April 1, 1901, and that he was entitled to the statutory salary of $5,000 per annum. The referee and learned court below properly regarded this to be res adjudicata in the present proceeding, and we cannot understand why counsel for appellant again raise the question of the appellee’s title to the office because he had not given a proper bond…
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