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Schuylkill County v. Reese

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 26, 1915No. Appeal, No. 2PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal, No. 2, Jan. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Nov. T., 1914, No. 238, for defendant on agreed statement of facts, in case of County of Schuylkill v. John W. Reese, •Prothonotary. ...Assumpsit for fees, received by the prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas; of Schuylkill County. Before Bbumm, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court entered judgment for defendant on an agreed statement of facts.

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Appeal, No. 2, Jan. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Nov. T., 1914, No. 238, for defendant on agreed statement of facts, in case of County of Schuylkill v. John W. Reese, •Prothonotary. ...Assumpsit for fees, received by the prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas; of Schuylkill County. Before Bbumm, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court entered judgment for defendant on an agreed statement of facts. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was the judgment of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Stewart,

A marked diversity of view is to be found in the decisions of the State courts with respect to the one question here raised. If we are correct in saying that it was one and the same question that was considered in each, however the cases may have differed in unimportant details, the final word with respect to it has been spoken by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Mulcrevy & Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. City & County of San Francisco, 231 U. S. 669; and any discussion of the conflicting State decisions, with a view to. determine which is the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Mulcrevy, & Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. City & County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  2. Rump v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1858

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Bachman's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  2. Clarke's CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  3. Schuylkill County v. WiestSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
  4. Lindenmuth v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  5. York County v. FrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927

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