Shartzer v. School District
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the' Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county: Of May Term 1879, No. 153. Debt by the Washington Borough School District against Cyrus, John and Benjamin Shartzer, on the official bond of Cyrus Shartzer, as the treasurer of said school district. Defendants pleaded payment, payment with leave, &c.
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Error to the' Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county: Of May Term 1879, No. 153. Debt by the Washington Borough School District against Cyrus, John and Benjamin Shartzer, on the official bond of Cyrus Shartzer, as the treasurer of said school district. Defendants pleaded payment, payment with leave, &c. Cyrus Shartzer, one of the defendants below, was elected treasurer of said school district at the spring.election of 1873, for the term of one year, and in the month of September, of the same year, he assumed the duties of his office and gave his bond with John Shartzer and Benjamin…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
This was an action on the bond of the treasurer of the school district, of the Borough of Washington for the year 1873, and his sureties. The plea of payment admitted the execution of the bond, and this disposes of the first assignment: Lewis v. Morgan, 11 S. & R. 234; Abbott v. Lyon, 4 W. & S. 39; Gilinger v. Kulp, 5 Id. 264; Gebhart v. Francis et al., 8 Casey 78.
The defendant in error sought to recover the sum found due from the treasurer on a settlement of his accounts, made by the borough auditors. The first section of the Act of 21st May 1857, authorizes borough auditors to settle the…
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