Commonwealth Ex Rel. Margiotti v. Cunningham

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

Thomas W. Cunningham was sheriff of Philadelphia County from the first Monday of January, 1928; to the date of his death August 13, 1931. His executors appeal from a decree 1 requiring them to account for money 2 “representing costs paid by persons dealing” with him “while . . . sheriff . . . and ... in his hands at the time of his death . . .'and which are subject to the Act of April 8,1937, P. L. 284”, and money “of like character” coming into their hands subsequently. The total is composed of small balances of money deposited as indemnity by execution plaintiffs…