Jenkins v. Scranton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 35 and 41, Jan. T., 1902, by plaintiff and defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., on case stated in suit of George W. Jenkins v. City of Scranton. Case stated to determine the title to office of delinquent taxes in tlie city of Scranton.
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Appeals, Nos. 35 and 41, Jan. T., 1902, by plaintiff and defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., on case stated in suit of George W. Jenkins v. City of Scranton. Case stated to determine the title to office of delinquent taxes in tlie city of Scranton. The material parts of the case stated were as follows : George W. Jenkins, the plaintiff, was appointed by James Moir, the then recorder of the city of Scranton, on April 1, 1901, as collector of delinquent taxes for said city. The department of delinquent taxes, as one of the executive departments of said city, was created by…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
George W. Jenkins, the plaintiff below, sued the city of Scranton for his compensation as delinquent tax collector for the months of April, May and June, 1901. Whether he was *271the legal collector for that period, and if so, what the city must pay him, are the two questions raised on these cross appeals. Their proper determination depends entirely upon the Act of March 7, 1901, P. L. 20. By article 2, section 1 of that act, the department of collector of delinquent taxes is created. The 1st section of article 12 authorizes the city recorder to nominate and, by and…
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