Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. v. Coal Township Directors of the Poor

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

This is a class bill filed by taxpayers. Respondents are a corporation, pursuant to the Act of April 15, 1863, P. L. 492, under the title “Directors of the Poor of Coal Township” (here called Poor District) certain past and present directors of the poor, treasurers, tax collectors, a number of banks and other note creditors. As there is no question of parties, they need not be more specifically described.

The bill was filed May 6, 1930, and prayed that certain promissory notes issued by the Poor District at various dates from 1906 to 1928, and carried in its accounts…