Plains Township's Appeal
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 19, Jan. T., 1903, by Plains Township from order of Q. S. Luzerne Co., April T., 1894, No. 341, ordering a levy of a special tax in the Matter of the Appeal of Plains Township. Petition for mandamus. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was the order directing the levy of the special tax.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
W. D. Porter, J.,
The Act of March 31, 1864, P. L. 162, entitled “An act relating to the collection of district and township debts in the several counties of the commonwealth,” did not provide a new tribunal for the trial of disputed claims growing out of contracts, nor invest the court of quarter sessions with jurisdiction to adjudicate controverted demands against the township. “The proceeding here prescribed presupposes that the indebtedness has been previously ascertained and fixed, as by judgment, *71the auditor’s settlement, or otherwise, so that the decree of the court can he…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Moore v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Schwan v. KellySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- Bolton v. HeySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
- City of Lancaster v. FrescolnSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
- Myers v. Kingston Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Quemahoning Coal Co. v. Township of JennerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
- Plains Township's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
- Valley Township v. Coatesville BoroughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
- Gilboy v. Duryea BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
- Butcher v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1940
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