Commonwealth ex rel. Schuylkill County & Tamaqua Borough v. Sitler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 46, Jan. T., 1917, by Wallace A. Sitler, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., May T., 1916, No. 328, entered by confession, in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Ex Relatione County of Schuylkill and the Borough of Tamaqua, v. C. E. Sitler, W. A. Sitler, Isaac Christ, S. G. Seligman, G. A. Wilford, Neis Nelson, C. W. Royer, C. O. Seiberling, George Krell and L. F. Remaly.
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Appeal, No. 46, Jan. T., 1917, by Wallace A. Sitler, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., May T., 1916, No. 328, entered by confession, in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Ex Relatione County of Schuylkill and the Borough of Tamaqua, v. C. E. Sitler, W. A. Sitler, Isaac Christ, S. G. Seligman, G. A. Wilford, Neis Nelson, C. W. Royer, C. O. Seiberling, George Krell and L. F. Remaly. Judgment on tax collector’s bond certified from the Court of Quarter Sessions to the Court of Common Pleas. Petition for rule to open judgment. Before Koch, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
This appeal is by one of the sureties on a tax collector’s bond from a judgment of the Court of Common *572Pleas entered by confession under the warrant of attorney contained in the obligation.
In November, 1913, C. E. Sitler was elected tax collector of the Borough of Tamaqua and duly executed and filed in the Court of Quarter Sessions a bond conditioned to “pay over or account for, according to law, the whole amount of taxes charged and assessed in the duplicates which shall be delivered to him,” and containing a warrant authorizing “any attorney of the Court of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Commonwealth ex rel. Snyder v. SnyderSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- Smith v. Commonwealth ex rel. McGarvySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
- Commonwealth v. CouchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
3Cited by2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SitlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
- Commonwealth v. Seiz, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Berks County1933