Ruhlman v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. HOPKINS for the Commonwealth, moved to quash the writ of error in this case, upon the ground that the proceeding below did not warrant that writ.
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IN ERROR. HOPKINS for the Commonwealth, moved to quash the writ of error in this case, upon the ground that the proceeding below did not warrant that writ. The plaintiffs in error were supervisors of highways in Manheim township, in the county of York, and had been, convicted and fined by a justice of the peace, under the 12th section of the act of the 6th of April 1802. 3 Smith’s Laws S17. That section enacts* that “ all and every “ supervisor and supervisors of the,' highways, who. shall “refuse or neglect to do and perform-/his or their duty, as “ directed by this act, and for which…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This case comes before us on a motion to quash the writ of error. The plaintiffs in error, supervisors of the highways in Manheim township in the county of Tork, were convicted before a justice of the peace of a breach of duty in not repairing and amending one of the highways within their district. The jurisdiction of the justice is founded on the 12th section of the act for laying out, making and keeping in repair, the public roads and highways,,&c. passed the 6th of April 1802. The act provides that if any supervisor shall conceive himself aggrieved by tbe judgment of a…
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