Legal Opinion

Zeigler's Petition

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 19, 1903No. Appeal, No. 122PublishedCited by 38 opinions

Appeal, No. 122, Jan. T., 1903, by York County, from order of C. P. York Co., refusing to allow appeal nunc pro' tunc in tbe matter of Eli H. Zeigler et al., County Commissioners for leave to appeal nunc pro tunc from tbe reports of tbe County Auditors, settling the accounts of William O. Thompson, County Treasurer for tbe years 1900 and 1901. Petiton for leave to appeal nunc pro tunc from report of county auditors. Tbe facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.

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Appeal, No. 122, Jan. T., 1903, by York County, from order of C. P. York Co., refusing to allow appeal nunc pro' tunc in tbe matter of Eli H. Zeigler et al., County Commissioners for leave to appeal nunc pro tunc from tbe reports of tbe County Auditors, settling the accounts of William O. Thompson, County Treasurer for tbe years 1900 and 1901. Petiton for leave to appeal nunc pro tunc from report of county auditors. Tbe facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was order sustaining demurrer to petition.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb.. Justice Potteb,

On October 6, 1902, Eli H. Zeigler and others, county commissioners of York county, filed their petition in the court of common pleas, in which they alleged that William O. Thompson was duly elected treasurer of York county for the term of three years beginning on the first Monday of January, 1900, and thereafter duly qualified and entered upon the duties of his office; that the accounts of said treasurer for the years 1901 and 1902 were duly audited by the county auditors and their reports were filed among the records of the court as directed by law; that by…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Smythe v. BoswellIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Fisher v. Hestonville, Mantua & Fairmount Passenger Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
  3. Cochran v. EldridgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1865
  4. Lacock v. WhiteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1852
  5. Hutts v. MartinIndiana Supreme Court · 1892

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Nixon v. NixonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  2. Wise v. Cambridge Springs BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  3. Guy v. Stoecklein Baking Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  4. Culbertson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  5. Singer v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916

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