McKinney v. County of Northumberland
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 224, Oct. T., 1920, by County of Northumberland, from judgment of C. P. Northumberland County, No. 170, Feb. T., 1920, in favor of plaintiff in the casé of S. H. McKinney v. County of Northumberland. Case-stated to determine the amount of salary to which the plaintiff was entitled as county commissioner of Northumberland County. Before Cummings, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 224, Oct. T., 1920, by County of Northumberland, from judgment of C. P. Northumberland County, No. 170, Feb. T., 1920, in favor of plaintiff in the casé of S. H. McKinney v. County of Northumberland. Case-stated to determine the amount of salary to which the plaintiff was entitled as county commissioner of Northumberland County. Before Cummings, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court held that the plaintiff, having come into his office by appointment after the passage of the Act of June 7, 1917, P. L. 570, was entitled to compensation under the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
In November, 1915, P. Joseph Schmidt was duly elected as one of the county commissioners of Northumberland County, to serve for a period of four years from the first Monday of January, 1916. In December, 1918, Schmidt died and S. H. McKinney, the plaintiff, was appointed by the court to fill Schmidt’s unexpired term, to serve until the first Monday in January, 1920. When Schmidt was elected the salary of the office was $1,800 per annum. Under the Act of June 7, 1917, P. L. 570, the salary was raised to $2,500 per annum. Was McKinney entitled to the former or the latter…
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