Select & Common Councils v. Commonwealth ex rel. Bair & Shenk
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error and certiorari to the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia county: Of May Term 1879, Nos. 151 and 152. The venue in this case was changed from Lycoming to Columbia county, under the. provisions of the Act of March 30th 1875, Pamph.
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Error and certiorari to the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia county: Of May Term 1879, Nos. 151 and 152. The venue in this case was changed from Lycoming to Columbia county, under the. provisions of the Act of March 30th 1875, Pamph. L. 35. The writ of error was taken to review the action of the court in making an order upon Daniel Longsdorf, treasurer of the city of Williamsport, directing him to pay the overdue interest on certain bonds of said city, and the certiorari to the action of the court in granting an attachment against said treasurer for refusing to obey said order. The facts, in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
The proceeding, out of which the orders complained of grew, was a writ of peremptory mandamus issued at the relation of certain creditors of the city of Williamsport, to compel the councils of said city to make provision for, and pay the arrears of interest due upon its bonds, and to provide for the accruing interest. The question of the validity of these bonds was before this court and settled, in City of Williamsport v. The Commonwealth ex rel. Bair and Shenk, 3 Norris 487. In affirming the judgment in that case we said: “We do not mean to deprive the city of any special defence to any…
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