Union Township v. Gibboney & Nelson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin county: Of May Term 1880, No. 6. Assumpsit by Gibboney & Nelson against the township of Union, to recover the ainount of certain orders for merchandise and other supplies, issued on the credit of the township by one of the supervisors thereof, to laborers employed by him to work on the roads of said township.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin county: Of May Term 1880, No. 6. Assumpsit by Gibboney & Nelson against the township of Union, to recover the ainount of certain orders for merchandise and other supplies, issued on the credit of the township by one of the supervisors thereof, to laborers employed by him to work on the roads of said township. It appeared at the trial, before Bucher, P. J., that William E. Stroup and J. N. Yoder were supervisors of Union township for the years 1874 and 1875. For their convenience it was agreed between them that each one should take particular…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
Counties and townships are involuntary civil divisions of the state, incorporated by general laAvs, to aid in the administration of government. Their powers all relate to matters of state as distinguished from local concern, such as the administration of justice, and the establishment and repair of public highAvays. The statutes confer upon them all the powers they possess, prescribe all the duties they owe, and impose all liabilities to which they are subject. Considered in respect to the limited number of their corporate *537powers, they rank low down in the scale or grade of corporate…
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