Commonwealth Ex Rel. Duff v. Huston

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Patterson,

This is an action in assumpsit instituted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to recover from John M. Huston, Register of Wills of Allegheny County, $87,065.44 of commissions in excess of the $10,000 maximum yearly limit allowed by the Act of June 4, 1937, P. L. 1597, 72 PS 2381, and $1254.30 of other deductions improperly retained out of inheritance and collateral inheritance taxes collected by him as agent of the Commonwealth, according to resettlements made following annual audits by the Auditor General of his accounts for the years 1937 to 1944, inclusive.…