Richardson v. Clarion County
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Clarion county. This case was an issue directed by the court, on appeal from the report of auditors of Clarion county. The matter to be tried was the legality of an order, drawn by the late commissioners of Clarion county, on the treasurer, in favor of James Hasson, late sheriff of that county, for $200; and the questions tried were, whether Hasson was entitled to be paid for office-rent, and for fuel for the jail.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Clarion county. This case was an issue directed by the court, on appeal from the report of auditors of Clarion county. The matter to be tried was the legality of an order, drawn by the late commissioners of Clarion county, on the treasurer, in favor of James Hasson, late sheriff of that county, for $200; and the questions tried were, whether Hasson was entitled to be paid for office-rent, and for fuel for the jail. In the issue, Clarion county was plaintiff, and Richardson, executor of Richardson, and others, late commissioners, were defendants. Buffington, J.,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Coulter, J.
— In the main, the charge of the court below to the jury, is well enough; but there is one particular in which it is signally and emphatically erroneous. It was an appeal from the report of auditors of the county, to the Court of Common Pleas, in relation to certain claims preferred by Hasson, who was sheriff o'f the county, a great part of which had been allowed by the commissioners and rej ected by the auditors. When the appeal was tried, the court below instructed the jury, among other things, as follows : “ The remaining charge is for…
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