County of Cameron v. Sch. Dist. of Shippen Tp.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE CAMERON COUNTY. No. 380 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct,; court below, No. 60 May Term 1885, C. P. This case was tried by the court, C. A. Mayer, P. J., without the intervention of a jury, in accordance with the provision of the act of assembly of April 22, 1874, P. L. 109. It was a suit brought by the school district of Shippen township against the county of Cameron to recover certain moneys ■which were allowed to the county treasurer as…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE CAMERON COUNTY. No. 380 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct,; court below, No. 60 May Term 1885, C. P. This case was tried by the court, C. A. Mayer, P. J., without the intervention of a jury, in accordance with the provision of the act of assembly of April 22, 1874, P. L. 109. It was a suit brought by the school district of Shippen township against the county of Cameron to recover certain moneys ■which were allowed to the county treasurer as commissions out of moneys collected by the treasurer as school taxes on unseated lands situate in the township of Shippen…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Me. Ci-iiep Justice G-oedon.
“ The question,” says the learned judge of the court below, “ is, whether there is any law or statute authorizing the allowance of this commission to the county treasurer, for the collection of school taxes on unseated lands.” We tbinlr the question here put is of easy solution. As the treasurer is by the act of 1834 entitled to receive for his services on behalf of the county, “ a certain amount per cent, on all moneys received and paid out by him,” and as by the act of May 8, 1854, the unseated school taxes are to be collected by the county as trustee for…
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