Scranton School D. v. Simpson
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
No. 252 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 210 June Term 1889, C. P. On April 9, 1889, .judgment was entered by confession, in the court below, in favor of the School District of Scranton city against Alexander Simpson and others, upon a bond in the penal sum of $60,000, conditioned for the faithful performance by Alexander Simpson, treasurer of said school district, of his official duties as such, and the true accounting by bim for all moneys of the district…
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No. 252 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 210 June Term 1889, C. P. On April 9, 1889, .judgment was entered by confession, in the court below, in favor of the School District of Scranton city against Alexander Simpson and others, upon a bond in the penal sum of $60,000, conditioned for the faithful performance by Alexander Simpson, treasurer of said school district, of his official duties as such, and the true accounting by bim for all moneys of the district coming into bis hands, the bond containing a warrant of attorney to confess judgment thereon. On April 10, 1889, the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mjr. Chief Justice Paxson :
It may have been the legislative intent, when the act of May 28, 1874, was passed, to abolish the office of school treasurer in cities of the third class, but it was not done, and there is no clear expression of such intent in the act itself. On the contrary, the forty-second section thereof provides that “ the city treasurer shall ex officio be school treasurer, and before entering upon the duties of his office shall give bond to the school directors, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, in such amount as the board shall direct and with…
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