Reeves's Appeal
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 192, Oct. T., 1906, by-Francis B. Reeves, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., March T., 1906, No. .1, discharging rule to show cause why appeal should not be sustained in case of Francis B. Reeves from Audit of Accounts of “ Managers for the Relief and Employment of the Poor of the' Township of Germantown. Appeal from audit of accounts of managers for the relief and employment of the poor of the township of Germantown.
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Appeal, No. 192, Oct. T., 1906, by-Francis B. Reeves, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., March T., 1906, No. .1, discharging rule to show cause why appeal should not be sustained in case of Francis B. Reeves from Audit of Accounts of “ Managers for the Relief and Employment of the Poor of the' Township of Germantown. Appeal from audit of accounts of managers for the relief and employment of the poor of the township of Germantown. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was the order of the court. The limitation on the tax collector’s commission was never meant…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
The managers of the poor of Germantown having settled with their collector and allowed him more than five per cent for his services, and their accounts having been settled by the auditors of said poor district, Francis B. Reeves, a taxpayer, filed his appeal from the audit and procured a rule on the managers to show cause why his appeal should not be sustained. Upon answer and argument the learned, court below refused to sustain the appeal, saying: “ The act of 1839 was a new charter for the board of managers, etc., and supplied the machinery for the collection of poor…
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