Northampton County v. Yohe
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR, to the Common Pleas of Northampton county. This was an action to January Term, 1851, in which Samuel Yohe was plaintiff, and The County of Northampton was defendant.
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ERROR, to the Common Pleas of Northampton county. This was an action to January Term, 1851, in which Samuel Yohe was plaintiff, and The County of Northampton was defendant. Samuel Yohe, the plaintiff, was treasurer of the county of Northampton for the years 1848 and 1849. His account for the year 1848 was settled, in January, 1849, by the county auditors, and a balance was found against him of $6306.58; and his account for 1849 was audited in January, 1850, and a balance of $7073.10 awarded against him. John Davis succeeded Yohe in the office of treasurer, and Yohe soon after paid to him the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
WoodwARD, J.
The system of accounting for public moneys prescribed for county officers by tbe Act of 15th April, 1834, is most necessary to be rigidly enforced. The report of the board of auditors filed in the Common Pleas has the effect of a judgment against the real estate of the accounting officer, who appears to be indebted to the county. Sixty days are allowed for an appeal, and if none be entered, execution is to issue, as upon judgments recovered in the usual course of law.
It seems to be an obvious deduction that after a board of auditors have…
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