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Freiler v. Schuylkill County

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 3, 1911No. Appeal, No. 240PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal, No. 240, Oct. T., 1910, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., March Term, 1910, No. 271, for defendant on case stated in suit of Francis S. Freiler v. Schuylkill County. Case stated to determine fee of justice of the peace.

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Appeal, No. 240, Oct. T., 1910, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., March Term, 1910, No. 271, for defendant on case stated in suit of Francis S. Freiler v. Schuylkill County. Case stated to determine fee of justice of the peace. Before Shay, P. J. The case stated was as follows: Francis S. Freiler, the plaintiff above named, is a justice of the peace, residing and having his office in the first ward of the borough of Pottsville, in said county, and was duly elected at a general election held in February, 1907, and duly commissioned according to law to hold said office by…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Oklady, J.,

The plaintiff was elected a justice of the peace at the general election held in February, 1907, and was commissioned to hold his office, by virtue of that election, for a term of five years from the first day of May following.

On April 23, 1909, P. L. 160, an Act of assembly was approved, entitled, “An act to regulate and establish the fees to be charged by justices of the peace, aldermen and magistrates in this Commonwealth” which changed the amount of fees to be charged by these officers from the ones that had been specified by the acts in force at the date of the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth ex rel. Attorney General v. MathuesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
  2. Richie v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
  3. Bowman's CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
  4. Richie v. PhiladelphiaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
  5. Hays v. Cumberland CountySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1897

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. McNair's PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  2. Opinion of the JusticesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
  3. Abrams v. LamoneCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2007
  4. In Re Candidacy of DalySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1972
  5. Young v. Dept. of Public Inst.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1932

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