Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Borough of Taylor

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County

Decided August 2, 1944No. 990Published

1Opinion of the Court

Eagen, J.,

We have here a motion to quash a writ of alternative mandamus.

The Taylor Hose & Engine Company No. 1 is a volunteer fire company in the Borough of Taylor, *105Lackawanna County. Respondents herein are the officials of said borough.

In the audit of the borough for the year 1942, filed on April 15,1944,- among the liabilities is listed, “Taylor Hose and Engine Company No. 1, $7,700”. No appeal was filed from this audit. In the year 1943, the borough council made a further appropriation in favor of this same fire company in the sum of $2,000, and an additional appropriation in the year of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Kistler v. Carbon CountySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Fortney v. BartolSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  3. Firemen's Relief Ass'n v. ScrantonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
  4. House v. Allegheny CountySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943

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