Commonwealth v. Wolbert
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
* 1 was a scire facias upon a judgment obtained on the official bond of Frederick Wolbert, late prothonotaxy ^ Court of Common Pleas of the city and county of Philadelphia, for money due to the Commonwealth on account of a tax on the fees of his office.
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* 1 was a scire facias upon a judgment obtained on the official bond of Frederick Wolbert, late prothonotaxy ^ Court of Common Pleas of the city and county of Philadelphia, for money due to the Commonwealth on account of a tax on the fees of his office. At a Nisi Prius in March last, the cause was tried béfore the Chief Justice, when by consent a verdict was entered for the Commonwealth for 953 dollars 28 cents, subject to the Court’s opinion on the facts in evidence,, whether tire Commonwealth was entitled to recover at all, and if at all, how much. - Those facts, and the arguments of…
1Opinion of the Court
Tiughman C. J.
Frederick Wolbert was appointed prothor notary on the 30th January 1809. His bond is dated the 2d February 1809, and he was removed from office the 25th .April 1811. It is the duty of the several prothonotaries to render an annual account of the fees received by them, to the accounting officers of the Commonwealth; and those officers are authorized to compel the rendering of an account, and the payment of the balance,* On the 14th of March 1811, F. Wolbert rendered an account of fees received from 26th February 1810, to the 1st of October of the same year. At the same time he…
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