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Hanover Township School District's Audit

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 21, 1919No. Appeals, Nos. 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171 and 172PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeals, Nos. 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171 and 172, Jan. T., 1919, by William H. Morris, William B. Delaney, Patrick Lenahan, Thomas Lavin, John A. Beily and Henry W. Brown, School Directors, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., June T., 1912, No. 474, on appeal from school audit in case of Hanover Township School District’s Audit. Appeal from school district audit.

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Appeals, Nos. 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171 and 172, Jan. T., 1919, by William H. Morris, William B. Delaney, Patrick Lenahan, Thomas Lavin, John A. Beily and Henry W. Brown, School Directors, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., June T., 1912, No. 474, on appeal from school audit in case of Hanover Township School District’s Audit. Appeal from school district audit. Before Strauss, J. The court entered judgments against the directors in various sums aggregating over $11,000. The directors appealed. Error assigned was in entering the judgment.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Me. Justice Frazer,

This appeal by the members of the school board of Hanover Township School District is from a decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County, surcharging appellants with certain payments included in *160their account for the fiscal year ending the first Monday of July, 1912, the amount of the surcharge aggregating $11, 458.05. The subject-matter of the surcharge, so far as this appeal is concerned, is money expended in contracts let for repairing the school building and grounds without previous advertising for bids, also money paid for books for the school…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. McKibbin v. MartinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
  2. Brown v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1829
  3. Flinn v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
  4. Godshalk v. Northampton CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1872
  5. Weber v. ReinhardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1873

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Chester School District's AuditSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  2. Lower Nazareth Township Supervisors' AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  3. In Re: Appeal of Sykesville BoroughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  4. Senor v. Dunbar Township School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  5. Likovich AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943

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