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Knight v. Elizabeth Forward School District

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 18, 2000Published

1Opinion of the Court

DOYLE, President Judge.

The Elizabeth Forward School District (District) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County awarding James W. Knight $7,200 in damages and ordering the School District to pay Knight’s ongoing expenses for the rental of office space as the tax collector for Elizabeth Township. Under the following rationale, we affirm.

Knight was first elected to the Office of Treasurer of Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1970. Having been re-elected in the municipal election of November 1997, he is currently serving his eighth consecutive…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Fonner v. Shandon, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  2. Houseman v. Commonwealth ex rel. TenerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882
  3. Commonwealth v. MoffittSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
  4. Apple v. County of CrawfordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1884
  5. Cornman v. HagginbothamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910

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