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Guldin v. Schuylkill County

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 16, 1892No. Appeal, No. 67PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal, No. 67, July T., 1892, by plaintiff:, B. C. Guldin, coroner of Schuylkill Co., from judgment of O. P. Schuylkill Co., March T., 1891, No. 255, for defendant, on case stated. Assumpsit to recover fees as coroner.

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Appeal, No. 67, July T., 1892, by plaintiff:, B. C. Guldin, coroner of Schuylkill Co., from judgment of O. P. Schuylkill Co., March T., 1891, No. 255, for defendant, on case stated. Assumpsit to recover fees as coroner. The following is the case stated: “ And now April 6, 1891, it is hereby agreed between the plaintiff and defendant above named that the following agreement for a case stated be substituted for the one already filed in this case on February 14, 1891. “ B. C. Guldin, the plaintiff, was duly elected coroner of said county on November 4,1889, and his term of office began on the…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Heydbick,

The plaintiff was elected to the office of coroner of Schuylkill county, at the general election in 1889, and entered upon his official duties on the first Monday of January, 1890. By the then last federal census the population of that county was 129,974, and that must, in the absence of any legislative provision for otherwise ascertaining the fact, be deemed and taken to have been the population at the time of the plaintiff’s election and induction to office: Luzerne County v. Glennon, 109 Pa. 564. By the federal census, taken as of the first day of June, 1890,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Luzerne County v. GlennonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885

3Cited by17 opinions

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  2. Commonwealth ex rel. Woodring v. WalterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  3. Bailey v. WatersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  4. Lewis v. Lackawanna CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
  5. Board of County Commissioners of Greer Co. v. HenrySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912

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