Legal Opinion

West Hazleton Borough Auditors' Report

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County

Decided March 16, 1950No. 535Published

1Opinion of the Court

PlNOLA, J.,

This is an appeal by taxpayers of ,the Borough of West Hazleton from the report of the auditors of the borough for the year 1947.

It involves the following items:

1. Payment of $75 made to each of three councilmen for expenses in connection with attendance at the borough convention.

*2022. Failure of members of council to repay $17,000 in temporary loans from funds pledged for the same.

3. Failure of councilmen to obtain a better rate of interest on balances in sinking funds.

4. Failure of auditors to set forth the date of maturity of respective forms of funded debt.

Counsel on both sides…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Kistler v. Carbon CountySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  2. State, Ex Rel. Landis v. De Witt C. Jones Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1933
  3. Likovich AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  4. Scranton School Dist. Audit (No. 1)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
  5. Matthews & Willard Manuf'g Co. v. Trenton Lamp Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey · 1896

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