Legal Opinion
Columbia Casualty Co. v. Westmoreland County
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 26, 1950No. Appeal, No. 36PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Horace Stern,
In this action for money had and received plaintiff seeks to recover on either of two theories; the court below rejected both, —one of them, in our opinion, mistakenly.
Plaintiff’s complaint alleges that C. C. Stewart, who was the tax collector for the County of Westmoreland, was short in his accounts with the county treasurer in the amount of approximately $9,000. Stewart died, and shortly thereafter his daughter, Anna Kate Stewart, having been appointed tax collector for the School District of Derry Township in that county, executed two checks for the…
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3Cited by17 opinions
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