County of Schuylkill v. Boyer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF SCHUYLKILL COUNTY. No. 14 July Term 1888, Sup. Ct. On July 24, 1887, J. Monroe Boyer brought assumpsit against the county of Schuylkill, declaring for the recovery of fees as sheriff of the county from the first Monday of January, 1888, until the first Monday of January, 1886, his entire term of office. Issue.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF SCHUYLKILL COUNTY. No. 14 July Term 1888, Sup. Ct. On July 24, 1887, J. Monroe Boyer brought assumpsit against the county of Schuylkill, declaring for the recovery of fees as sheriff of the county from the first Monday of January, 1888, until the first Monday of January, 1886, his entire term of office. Issue. At the trial on November 30, 1887, it was shown that for his official services, chargeable to the county during his term, the plaintiff had settled annually with the county commissioners, according to the sheriff’s fee-bill under the act of June 12,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice McCollum .
J. Monroe Boyer was sheriff of Schuylkill county from the first Monday of January, 1883, to the first Monday of January, 1886, and for his official services, where the county was liable, he presented bills, under the act of June 12, 1878, which were allowed and paid by the county commissioners. After that act was declared unconstitutional, Morrison v. Bachert, 112 Pa. 323, he brought this action of assumpsit to recover the difference between the amount of the bills rendered and paid under it, and the amount allowed for the same services by the act of April 2,…
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