McDermott v. Blank
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 130, Oct. T., 1910, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Westmore-land Co., May T., 1908, No. 694, in case of James Mc-Dermott, W. F. Holtzer and C. H. Roose, supervisors of Hempfield township, v. J. J. Blank, J. S. Peters and Hempfield township. Taxpayers’ appeal from auditors’ settlement of township supervisors’ accounts. Before Van Swearingen, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 130, Oct. T., 1910, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Westmore-land Co., May T., 1908, No. 694, in case of James Mc-Dermott, W. F. Holtzer and C. H. Roose, supervisors of Hempfield township, v. J. J. Blank, J. S. Peters and Hempfield township. Taxpayers’ appeal from auditors’ settlement of township supervisors’ accounts. Before Van Swearingen, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. The appeal to the Supreme Court was quashed on motion. submitted the following reasons on the motion to quash. — The appellants not having excepted to the order of the court below…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
In the court below this was an appeal by certain taxpayers, the defendants, from the report of the auditors of Hempfield township, Westmoreland county, settling the account of the supervisors, the plaintiffs. An issue having been framed the parties dispensed with a trial by jury and submitted the case to the decision of the court under the provisions of the Act of April 22, 1874, P. L. 109, 3 Purd. 3658. From the judgment entered by the common pleas the defendants have appealed to this court.
*394The act of 1874 requires the court to make its decision in writing,…
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