McCormick v. Fayette Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 2, July T., 1892, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Fayette Co., Sept. T., 1891, No. 352, on verdict for defendant, in assumpsit by sheriff against the county to recover for board of prisoners.
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Appeal, No. 2, July T., 1892, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Fayette Co., Sept. T., 1891, No. 352, on verdict for defendant, in assumpsit by sheriff against the county to recover for board of prisoners. The evidence was to the following effect, on the trial, before Ewing, J.: At the general election held in November, 1889, the plaintiff was elected sheriff of Fayette county, and entered upon the duties of his office the first Monday of January, 1890, to serve three years. Among his duties as sheriff was that of boarding the prisoners confined in the county jail. At the time of his…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Heydeiok,
By Act of April 11, 1856, it is provided “That the sheriffs of the several counties of this commonwealth, excepting the counties of Allegheny and Philadelphia, to whom are committed the custody of prisoners, shall hereafter receive such allowance for boarding said prisoners as may be fixed by the courts of quarter sessions of the respective counties, not exceeding twenty-five cents per day for each prisoner.” And by Act of February 14, 1867, it was enacted “ That from and after the first day of January, 1867, the sheriffs of Northampton, Fayette and Carbon…
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