Commonwealth ex rel. Thomas v. Commissioners of Allegheny County
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Mandamus. This was an alternative mandamus, in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the relation of Joseph T. Thomas, against The Commissioners of the County of Allegheny, setting forth that by Act 24th March 1849, certain persons therein named were authorized to organize a company by the name, style, and title of The Pittsburgh and Steubenville Railroad Company, and that by Act 26th February 1853, the county of Allegheny, through its commissioners, was duly…
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Mandamus. This was an alternative mandamus, in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the relation of Joseph T. Thomas, against The Commissioners of the County of Allegheny, setting forth that by Act 24th March 1849, certain persons therein named were authorized to organize a company by the name, style, and title of The Pittsburgh and Steubenville Railroad Company, and that by Act 26th February 1853, the county of Allegheny, through its commissioners, was duly authorized, upon the recommendation of one grand jury, to subscribe an amount, not exceeding 10,000 shares, to the capital…
1Opinion of the Court
*221The opinion of the court was delivered by
Woodward, J. —
On the 21st day of May last, this court, at the instance and on the complaint of Joseph T. Thomas, as relator, awarded an alternative mandamus against the commissioners of the county of Allegheny, requiring them to proceed, under the Acts of Assembly relating to county rates and levies, and make provision for the payment of the interest accrued and accruing, on certain bonds issued by the county, to the aggregate amount of $300,000 — two of which the relator holds — or show adequate cause for their not doing so. To this writ the…
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