Dunmore Borough v. Dempsey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 231-3, Jan. T., 1924, by defendant, from judgments of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1919, No. 248, Oct. T., 1919, No. 579, Jan. T., 1919, and No. 42, June T., 1922, entered on surcharges in appeals from report of Borough Controller, in case of Dunmore Borough v. M. J. Dempsey. Appeals from reports of borough controller. Before Maxey, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Appeals sustained and judgments entered on surcharges. Defendant appealed.
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Appeals, Nos. 231-3, Jan. T., 1924, by defendant, from judgments of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1919, No. 248, Oct. T., 1919, No. 579, Jan. T., 1919, and No. 42, June T., 1922, entered on surcharges in appeals from report of Borough Controller, in case of Dunmore Borough v. M. J. Dempsey. Appeals from reports of borough controller. Before Maxey, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Appeals sustained and judgments entered on surcharges. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was, in each case, judgment, quoting record.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
These three appeals, between the same parties, involve like questions and will be considered together. Appellant, M. J. Dempsey, was the duly qualified tax collector of the Borough of Dunmore, Lackawanna County, for the years 1914, 1915, also for the years 1918, 1919. In the annual audit of his accounts by the borough controller, the collector was given credit, inter alia, for taxes abated by the borough council, as follows: For the year 1914, *192$6,962.29; for the year 1915, $8,968.37; for the year 1918, $10,815.41; for the year 1919, $11,562.71. He was also given…
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