Commonwealth v. Mann
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 16, 17, 18 and 19, May T., 1895, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., Jan. T., 1891, Nos. 490, 491, 492 and 493, on appeals from tax settlements.
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Appeals, Nos. 16, 17, 18 and 19, May T., 1895, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., Jan. T., 1891, Nos. 490, 491, 492 and 493, on appeals from tax settlements. Appeals by defendants to the court of common pleas of Dauphin county from settlements made by the auditor general and state treasurer on Sept. 24, 1894, charging said defendants with fifty per cent of the fees of their several offices in excess of the salaries of said officers and the amount paid by them for clerk hire. The cases were tried before Simonton, P. J., from whose opinions the following facts appeared: The…
1Opinion of the Court
COMMONWEALTH v. MANN.
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
It is, perhaps, doubtful whether the party defendant in this case should not have been Philadelphia county; but as the county agreed with defendant to be answerable, in the event of an adverse judgment, he waived his right to object that a suit could not be maintained against him ; therefore, we shall consider the case, as raising the question whether either is answerable.
Before the passage of the act of March 10, 1810, the fees of this officer all belonged to him, and out of them he paid the expenses of his office. On that date, however, was…
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