County of Northampton v. Herman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF NORTHAMPTON! COUNTY. No. 358 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 15 February Term 1888, C. P. As of September 12, 1887, in an action of assumpsit by George F. Herman against the county of Northampton the following case stated was filed: The plaintiff, George F. Herman, was sheriff of Northampton county from January 1,1881, to January 1,1884. That the exhibit A, herewith attached, and made part of this case stated, represents…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF NORTHAMPTON! COUNTY. No. 358 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 15 February Term 1888, C. P. As of September 12, 1887, in an action of assumpsit by George F. Herman against the county of Northampton the following case stated was filed: The plaintiff, George F. Herman, was sheriff of Northampton county from January 1,1881, to January 1,1884. That the exhibit A, herewith attached, and made part of this case stated, represents the number of criminal cases in the courts of Quarter Sessions and Oyer and Terminer from February Term 1881, to December…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Sterrett:
This case stated, as amended in the court below, presents substantially the following facts. Plaintiff having been duly elected, served as sheriff of the county for three years from January 1, 1881, during which time, at stated intervals, he presented to the county commissioners accounts of the fees which he claimed were due and payable to him by the county. These accounts havingbeen approved in due course, the amounts thereof respectively were paid in full. They were afterwards examined and passed upon by the county auditors from whose reports no appeal was ever…
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