Blackmore v. County of Allegheny
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Allegheny county. This was an action of debt against the executors of Thomas Blackmore, on his official bond as treasurer of Allegheny county. Blackmore was treasurer of the county from January 1st 1856 to January 1st 1858. Caleb Bussell, tax collector in the First Ward of the city of Pittsburgh, appeared to be indebted to the county.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Allegheny county. This was an action of debt against the executors of Thomas Blackmore, on his official bond as treasurer of Allegheny county. Blackmore was treasurer of the county from January 1st 1856 to January 1st 1858. Caleb Bussell, tax collector in the First Ward of the city of Pittsburgh, appeared to be indebted to the county. June 16th 1851, judgment was entered in favour of the county against Russell and his sureties, on his official bond, for $3053.16. On the settlement of Blackmore’s account for 1851, a loose receipt was produced by Russell before the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Agnew, J.
Blackmore, as treasurer of Allegheny county, received of Russell, a collector, $1000, which, though brought to the notice of the .county auditors, when settling his account as treasurer, were not charged against him. Blackmore alleged before the auditors his belief that this sum was contained in another receipt, and one of the auditors, in testifying, thought that the receipt for this sum had the appearance of alteration in the date, and stated that, not finding the sum in the treasurer’s account, they declined to charge it. The mind of the…
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