Davis v. Moore
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 39, March T., 1912, by defendant, from order of C. P. Luzerne Co., Feb. T., 1912, No. 373, refusing to quash appeal in case of Jonathan R. Davis, President of the Board for Assessment and Revision of Taxes for Luzerne County, v. J. J. Moore et al., Commissioners of Luzerne County, and Fuller R. Hendershot, Controller of Luzerne County, Members of the Salary Board of Luzerne County. Motion to quash appeal from decision of salary board.
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Appeal, No. 39, March T., 1912, by defendant, from order of C. P. Luzerne Co., Feb. T., 1912, No. 373, refusing to quash appeal in case of Jonathan R. Davis, President of the Board for Assessment and Revision of Taxes for Luzerne County, v. J. J. Moore et al., Commissioners of Luzerne County, and Fuller R. Hendershot, Controller of Luzerne County, Members of the Salary Board of Luzerne County. Motion to quash appeal from decision of salary board. Before Fuller, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was the order of the court refusing to quash the appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The single question for consideration on this appeal is whether the board for the assessment and revisión of taxes of the county of Luzerne has a right to appeal from the decision of the salary board made in the exercise of the duties imposed on the latter by the Act of March 24, 1905, P. L. 47. The Act of March 31, 1876, P. L. 13, was passed to carry into effect sec. 5 of art. XIV of the constitution relative to the salaries of county officers and the payment of fees received by them into the state or county treasury in counties containing over 150,000 inhabitants.…
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