Commonwealth v. Couch
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 82, Jan. T., 1904, by relator, from order of C. P. Huntingdon Co., Sept T., 1908, No. 82, refusing writ of peremptory mandamus in ease of Commonwealth ex rel. A. S. Peterson v. A. L. Couch et al., County Commissioners. Petition for writ of peremptory mandamus.
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Appeal, No. 82, Jan. T., 1904, by relator, from order of C. P. Huntingdon Co., Sept T., 1908, No. 82, refusing writ of peremptory mandamus in ease of Commonwealth ex rel. A. S. Peterson v. A. L. Couch et al., County Commissioners. Petition for writ of peremptory mandamus. The petition alleged the relator’s election and qualification as tax collector in Franklin township, and averred that he was entitled under the general system provided by the Acts of June 25, 1885, P. L. 187, and June 6, 1898, P. L. 333, to the collection of the state and county taxes in said township, and that the county…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Chief Justice Mitchell,
By the Act of April 13, 1868, P. L. 1017, a special system “ for the collection of state, county, poor and military taxes ” was established for the county of Bedford. By the Act of February 27, 1872, P. L. 179, the provisions of the act of 1868 were extended to Huntingdon county. The single question ■in the present case is whether the local system thus established is repealed by the Act of June 6, 1893, P. L. 333.
The act of 1898 is entitled “ An act to authorize the election of tax collectors for the term of three years in the several boroughs and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commonwealth ex rel. Schweyer v. WunchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
- Commonwealth ex rel. Hillegass v. HuffmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Commonwealth ex rel. Schuylkill County & Tamaqua Borough v. SitlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
- Huber v. Weakland, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Cambria County1925