Irons v. Allen
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 88, July T., 1894, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. McKean Co., Feb. T., 1893, No. 4, entering nonsuit. Appeal from justice of the peace in an action against a justice of the peace for taking illegal fees.
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Appeal, No. 88, July T., 1894, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. McKean Co., Feb. T., 1893, No. 4, entering nonsuit. Appeal from justice of the peace in an action against a justice of the peace for taking illegal fees. Before Morrison, J. At the trial plaintiff offered evidence tending to show that defendant, a justice of the peace, had charged him greater fees than those allowed by the act of April 2, 1868. He claimed the penalty provided by the act of March 28, 1814, sec. 26. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit, which it subsequently, in an opinion by Morrison, J., refused to take…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
This appeal is from an order of the court refusing to take off a judgment of nonsuit entered in an action brought against a *634justice of the peace to recover a penalty for taking illegal fees. The fees of the justice are fixed by the act of April 2, 1868, and the penalties which the plaintiff sought to recover are imposed by the act of March 28, 1814. The question then is whether the penalties fixed by the earlier act extend to the later act, and its consideration requires a review of the legislation upon the subject.
The act of March 28,1814, is entitled “ An act…
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