Shifferstine v. Sitler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 25, Jan. T., 1920, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Sept. T,, 1918, No. 93, on verdict for plaintiffs, in case of E. E. Shifferstine et al. y. C. E. Sitler et al. Assumpsit on bond of collector of taxes of school district. Before Koch, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court gave binding instructions for plaintiffs. Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs for $10,700. Defendants appealed.
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Appeal, No. 25, Jan. T., 1920, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Sept. T,, 1918, No. 93, on verdict for plaintiffs, in case of E. E. Shifferstine et al. y. C. E. Sitler et al. Assumpsit on bond of collector of taxes of school district. Before Koch, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court gave binding instructions for plaintiffs. Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs for $10,700. Defendants appealed. Error assigned, among others, was action of court overruling motion for judgment n. o. v. and entering judgment on verdict, quoting entries of judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
This action is on the bond given by C. E. Sitler as collector of taxes for the school district of the Borough of Tamaqua. The auditors of the district found there was due from him to it the sum of $13,771.20, and, on his appeal from this finding, judgment was entered against him in the court below, on December 10, 1917, for $9,554.36. No appeal was taken from this judgment, and in this action, brought upon Sitter’s bond more than six months after the judgment was so entered against him,' it was conclusive of the liability of the sureties: Pittsburgh Wagon Works Est., 204 Pa. 435. A…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Pittsburg Wagon Works' EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903