Commonwealth v. Keenan
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 159, April T., 1906, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., April T., 1904, No. 248, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Commonwealth to use of Oakdale Borough v. James Keenan et al. Assumpsit on a bond.
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Appeal, No. 159, April T., 1906, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., April T., 1904, No. 248, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Commonwealth to use of Oakdale Borough v. James Keenan et al. Assumpsit on a bond. Before Shafer, J. The court charged as follows: The action which you have been sworn to try is one brought by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the use of the borough of Oakdale, in this county, against James Keenan and others, upon a bond which, it is admitted by the defendants, was given by them to the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the sum of $12,000.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The report of the auditors of the borough in the year 1899, which covered the accounts of the tax collector for the dupli*588cate of the general taxes of 1898' and the duplicate for the special tax of the same year, was as to all matters which it passed upon conclusive upon all parties, and it was not within the jurisdiction of the auditors at another time to re-examine what had been by the report decided : Richter v. Penn Township, 9 Pa. 79 ; Godshalk v. Northampton County, 71 Pa. 324; Blackmore v. Allegheny County, 51 Pa. 160; Commonwealth v. Gruver, 13 Pa. Superior Ct. 553…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Blackmore v. County of AlleghenySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1866
- Godshalk v. Northampton CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1872
- Commonwealth ex rel. Ross Township v. GruverSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
- Commonwealth ex rel. v. ScanlanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
- Richter v. Penn TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1848
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- Neville Township Auditors ReportSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
- In Re: Appeal of Joseph Fela, Treas.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1934