Morrison v. Fayette County
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE EAYETTE COUNTY. No. 334 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 289 September Term 1888, C. P. Case stated, in which Francis Morrison was plaintiff and the county of Fayette, defendant: August 13, 1888: It is hereby agreed between the parties in this suit that the following case be stated for the opinion of the court in the nature of the special verdict, viz.: Francis Morrison, the plaintiff above mentioned, is one of the county…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE EAYETTE COUNTY. No. 334 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 289 September Term 1888, C. P. Case stated, in which Francis Morrison was plaintiff and the county of Fayette, defendant: August 13, 1888: It is hereby agreed between the parties in this suit that the following case be stated for the opinion of the court in the nature of the special verdict, viz.: Francis Morrison, the plaintiff above mentioned, is one of the county auditors of the said county, elected in November, 1887; that he assumed the duties of the said office and performed the…
1Per curiam
The act of February 5, 1869, fixes the pay of the county auditors of Fayette county at three dollars per day, but gives them no mileage. It was a local act, evidently passed because it was desired by that county, and has been enforced since 1869. The act of May 12, 1887, is a general law, fixing the pay of county auditors throughout the state at three dollars per day, “ together with six cents per mile circular, from and to their homes, once for each and every week so employed.” The present county auditors of Fayette county claim that they are now entitled to mileage under the act of 1887,…
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