German Township School District v. Sangston
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette county: Of October and November Term 1873, No. 131. The matters brought up for review by this writ of error, were proceedings in the nature of an execution by Isaac 0. Sangston against the School District of German Township. On the 4th of March 1873, Sangston recovered a judgment for $3150.51 against the school district for building a school-house.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette county: Of October and November Term 1873, No. 131. The matters brought up for review by this writ of error, were proceedings in the nature of an execution by Isaac 0. Sangston against the School District of German Township. On the 4th of March 1873, Sangston recovered a judgment for $3150.51 against the school district for building a school-house. The judgment being unpaid, on the 24th of March he petitioned the Court of Common Pleas to direct a writ to issue commanding the directors and treasurer of the district to cause the amount of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, January 5th 1874, by
Agnew, J. —
The principal question in this case is whether any of the ordinary school taxes can be required to be applied to a debt contracted for building purposes. There is a noticeable difference between the provision in the Act of 8th May 1854, for collecting the tax for ordinary school purposes, and that for collecting the tax for building purposes. The thirty-third section, providing for the latter, declares that it shall not exceed the amount of the regular annual tax for such year, and shall be applied solely to the purpose of…
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