Goehrig v. Lycoming County
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 1, Feb. T., 1900, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Lycoming Co., March T., 1898, No. 551, granting a writ of mandamus execution to the commissioners of Lycoming county for the payment of a certain balance due plaintiff as coroner. Opinion by W. W. Porter, J. Petition by plaintiff for mandamus execution. Before Mayer, P. J., of the 25th judicial district, specially presiding.
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Appeal, No. 1, Feb. T., 1900, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Lycoming Co., March T., 1898, No. 551, granting a writ of mandamus execution to the commissioners of Lycoming county for the payment of a certain balance due plaintiff as coroner. Opinion by W. W. Porter, J. Petition by plaintiff for mandamus execution. Before Mayer, P. J., of the 25th judicial district, specially presiding. From the record it appears that the county auditors of Lycoming county audited the accounts of plaintiff, as coroner, for the year 1897, and found a balance due him of $124.85, which report was duly filed…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
William W. Porter, J.,
The application for a mandamus was based upon the report of the county auditors showing a balance due the plaintiff on his account as coroner. It is contended that the auditors had no jurisdiction over the accounts of the coroner. The act of April 15, 1834, provides that “ auditors of each county .... shall audit, settle and adjust the accounts of the commissioners, treasurer and sheriff and coroner of the county, and make report thereof to the court of common pleas of such county, together with a statement of the balance due from or to such commissioners,…
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