Allison v. Juniata County
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Juniata county. This was an action brought in a justice’s court by William M. Allison against Juniata County, and came into the Common Pleas by appeal. The facts disclosed on the trial were as follows:— Juniata county was indebted to William M. Allison for money loaned by him to the county to pay bounty to volunteers in the United States army.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Juniata county. This was an action brought in a justice’s court by William M. Allison against Juniata County, and came into the Common Pleas by appeal. The facts disclosed on the trial were as follows:— Juniata county was indebted to William M. Allison for money loaned by him to the county to pay bounty to volunteers in the United States army. On the 18th day of July 1863 he received from the commissioners of Juniata county, in full for his claim, the following order:— “Treasurer of Juniata County: $52.75. “ Pay to William M. Allison $52.75 for bounty claims.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Thompson, J.
This was a suit on what is commonly known as a county or treasury warrant, and the question raised is,, whether the interest accrued to the plaintiff from the county on it, after refusal by the treasurer to pay the amount, because of want of funds in the treasury. In The Commonwealth v. The Commissioners of Philadelphia County, 4 S. & R. 126, this court refused a peremptory mandamus to compel the commissioners to draw a warrant for interest which had accrued on a former warrant after acceptance and before payment, saying; that “ we believe…
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