Commonwealth ex rel. v. Scanlan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, No. 269, Jan. T., 1899, and No. 18, Jan. T., 1902, by M. J. Scanlan, from orders of C. P. Schuylkill Co., May T., 1898, No. 412, and July T., 1899, No. 416, in cases of Commonwealth ex rel. Shenandoah Borough v. M. J. Scanlan et al., and Michael J. Scanlan v. Shenandoah Rule to open judgment. Petition for feigned issue. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned in No. 269, January term, 1899, was order discharging rule to open judgment.
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Appeals, No. 269, Jan. T., 1899, and No. 18, Jan. T., 1902, by M. J. Scanlan, from orders of C. P. Schuylkill Co., May T., 1898, No. 412, and July T., 1899, No. 416, in cases of Commonwealth ex rel. Shenandoah Borough v. M. J. Scanlan et al., and Michael J. Scanlan v. Shenandoah Rule to open judgment. Petition for feigned issue. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned in No. 269, January term, 1899, was order discharging rule to open judgment. Error assigned in No. 18, January term, 1902, refusal to award feigned issue.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
These two appeals will be properly considered together, for, as is admitted by counsel for the borough of Shenandoah, the appellee, they involve the same question. Michael J. Scanlan, one of the appellants, was tax collector for the borough for the year 1895, having been elected for the three years, 1894, 1895 and 1896. He gave a bond each year for the faithful performance of his duties in collecting the taxes, and the question now before us is as to the liability of himself and the sureties on his bond given for the year 1895. What the responsibility of the…
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