Turnpike Co. v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Westmoreland county. This was an action of assumpsit for money had and received by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania against the Pittsburgh and New Alexandria Turnpike Road Company. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court to illustrate the principles determined.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of .the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
The fifth section of the act of the 13th March 1816, *434authorises the governor to subscribe on behalf of the Commonwealth for stock in the Pittsburgh and New Alexandria Turnpike Company,two-thirds of the amount in proportion to the distance that he was required by law to subscribe in the stock of the ■ Greensburg and Pittsburgh Turnpike Road Company. The officers of the company filed a draft of the road in the secretary’s office, in which, either by accident or design, a mistake is made as to the length of the road. The governor, on the faith…
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