Berks County v. Linderman
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 206, Oct. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., June T., 1901, No. 69, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Berks County v. George K. Linderman. Appeal from report of county auditors. Feigned issue to determine liability of defendant to the county for certain moneys claimed by the county. Before Ermentrout, P. J. The court gave binding instructions for plaintiff. Yerdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 206, Oct. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., June T., 1901, No. 69, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Berks County v. George K. Linderman. Appeal from report of county auditors. Feigned issue to determine liability of defendant to the county for certain moneys claimed by the county. Before Ermentrout, P. J. The court gave binding instructions for plaintiff. Yerdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned among others were in refusing motion to strike off surcharges in report, and in giving binding instructions for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
This appeal by the defendant, and the appeal of Charles E. Stangier from the same court to No. 207, October Term, 1905, involve precisely the same questions and, while this opinion will be filed in No. 206, what is said in it is intended to apply to both cases.
The defendants were elected commissioners of the county of Berks on November 3, 1896, for the term of three years and they were inducted into office on the first Monday of January, 1897, and continued in office until the first Monday in January, 1900.
The appellants claimed compensation under the provisions *122of the…
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