Commonwealth Ex Rel. Fortney v. Bartol

; Opinion by

Mr. Justice Stern,

The Volunteer Fire Department of Coal Township, Northumberland County,; plaintiff in ,the present proceedings, is made up of five fire companies and-associations which for many years have served the township and received from it annual appropriations. In 1936 there remained unpaid on the appropriations for 1934 and 1935 the sum of : $5,700, to recover which plaintiff brought mandamus proceedings against the township commissioners. On April 7,1936, the township solicitor entered into a written agreement with plaintiff’s counsel that judgments might ' be entered…