Riddle v. County of Bedford
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. THIS was a writ qf error to the Court of Common Pleas of Bedford county, in a suit brought by' the County of Bedford against Samuel Riddle.
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In Error. THIS was a writ qf error to the Court of Common Pleas of Bedford county, in a suit brought by' the County of Bedford against Samuel Riddle. The suit was-brought to recover fiom him the amount-of county and road taxes assessed, and due on' 105 tracts of unseated land situate in Bedford county,.sold at public sale by Thomas R. Gettys, treasurer of the county, to the said Samuel Riddle, he being the highest and' best bidder for the same, and the costs and charges claimed by the said treasurer for advertising and sale’ and making out the deeds and bonds relating to the same, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Duncan T.
The bill of exceptions exhibits a clear and distinct view of the several questions of ,law raised on the trial of this cause, oh five points. The opinion of the Court was requested by the plaintiff in error. • The questions were distinctly answered by the Court, and it is to these answers he now excepts.
The first and second were matters of fact, and as such left properly to the jury ; with the just observation, as to the second, that it was not necessary for the treasurer to make out a bill of particulars, if the party knows what the items…
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