Respublica v. Sergeant
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the settlement of the accounts of David Rit-tenhouse, late state treasurer, by the register and comptroller general. It was stated to be an account of interest paid by the treasurer on new loan debt; a balance was struck therein, as due from the estate of David Rittenhouse, late treasurer, deceased, *to the commonwealth, arising from errors in his state- p* ment of new loan debt of . . ^10,171 8s. 6-Jd.
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Appeal from the settlement of the accounts of David Rit-tenhouse, late state treasurer, by the register and comptroller general. It was stated to be an account of interest paid by the treasurer on new loan debt; a balance was struck therein, as due from the estate of David Rittenhouse, late treasurer, deceased, *to the commonwealth, arising from errors in his state- p* ment of new loan debt of . . ^10,171 8s. 6-Jd. L ^44 Interest was charged thereon for 10 years, 4 months .... 6,306 5s. 8d. ^16,477 14s. 2¿d. Dollars, 43,940, 55 cts. The following note was subjoined to the account: “Note,…
1Opinion of the Court
Si-iippen, Chief Justice.
The jury find that David Ritten-house’s accounts as treasurer of the commonwealth, were settled on the 17th December 1790, by the comptroller and register general, which settlement was reported to the Supreme Executive Council, and by them approved, and a warrant drawn in his favour for the balance. The jury further find, that in the year 1800, or 1801, certain errors were discovered,in the treasurer’s account, to the amount of $27,123, and 80 cents, which sum they find due to the commonwealth, subject to the opinion of the court, whether the claim of the commonwealth…
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