East Penn Township School District School Board v. Kemmerer

Opinion by

Dithrich, J.,

James A. Kemmerer was the duly elected tax collector for the appellant school district for the school year of 1934-35. He furnished a bond on which Schlei-cher and Ziegler were sureties. On March 17, 1942, the school district filed suit in assumpsit against Kemmerer and his sureties seeking to recover the sum of $589.40, with interest from January 3, 1938. The defendants Schleicher and Ziegler filed a good and sufficient affidavit of defense on March 23, but Kemmerer neither appeared nor filed an affidavit of defense. Almost a year later, on February 4, 1943, counsel…