Schuettler v. Maurer

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

The question in this appeal is whether a quarter sessions court has jurisdiction to try title to $2,500 after it came into the hands of the. county treasurer and was deposited by him in the general fund to the credit of the county, on the bare petition of one claiming ownership. This jurisdictional question was properly raised by defendants in the court below under the Act of March 5, 1925, P. L. 23, 12 PS 672, 673. An order adverse to the defendants, on this preliminary question, gives rise to this appeal.

The proceeding originated in plaintiff’s petition, in which he…