Commonwealth v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In error from the Common Pleas of Dauphin county. June 30. These were two actions of debt, the first against the sureties of the prothonotary of the Common Pleas of York, and the other against the sureties of the clerk of the Orphans’ Court, register and recorder of Monroe, to recover the amount of taxes on writs levied by tbe act of 1830, and received by the respective officers while in office.
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In error from the Common Pleas of Dauphin county. June 30. These were two actions of debt, the first against the sureties of the prothonotary of the Common Pleas of York, and the other against the sureties of the clerk of the Orphans’ Court, register and recorder of Monroe, to recover the amount of taxes on writs levied by tbe act of 1830, and received by the respective officers while in office. The condition of the bond of the prothonotary was, that if he should faithfully execute the additional duties of the said office, prescribed by the act of 1830, &e., and should-pay over all taxes…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
These are actions against the sureties of prothonotaries, upon their official bonds, brought by the Commonwealth to recover the several sums received bythe’principals, while in office, by virtue of the act of 6th April, 1830, entitled “ An act for the levy and collection of taxes upon proceedings in courts and in the offices of register and recorder, and for other purposes.”
The first of these bonds, it is conceded, was taken in pursuance *139of the directions of this act; but this is denied of the second, which the Commonwealth affirms was given under the general authority of the act of 1798,…
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