Mason v. Hanover Twp. School District
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 136, Jan. T., 1913, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Luzerne Co., Dec. T., 1912, No. 1, In Equity, awarding an Injunction in case of Harry C. Mason v. School District of Hanover Township, and W. P. Lavin, Tax Collector. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Stbauss, J. From the record it appeared that the School District of Hanover Township, was a school district of the third class.
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Appeal, No. 136, Jan. T., 1913, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Luzerne Co., Dec. T., 1912, No. 1, In Equity, awarding an Injunction in case of Harry C. Mason v. School District of Hanover Township, and W. P. Lavin, Tax Collector. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Stbauss, J. From the record it appeared that the School District of Hanover Township, was a school district of the third class. Other facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. - The court awarded the injunction as prayed for in the bill. Defendants appealed. Error assigned, among others, was in awarding the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Potter,
This is a bill in equity filed by a taxpayer of the school district of Hanover, averring that the members of the school board had, to the injury of the plaintiff and other taxpayers of the district, fixed the compensation of W. T. Lavin, the treasurer and ex-officio tax collector, at five per centum of all taxes collected by him for the school district. This rate, it was stated, would give to the tax collector a sum approximating $5,884 for his services, an amount which it is alleged would, in proportion to the services rendered, be excessive to an absurd degree.…
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