City of Pittsburg v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 7, Oct. T., 1899, by-defendant, from order of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1898, No. 461, making absolute a rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. Rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. The material averments of the statement and of the affidavit of defense are set forth in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court made the rule absolute. Error assigned was the order of the court.
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Appeal, No. 7, Oct. T., 1899, by-defendant, from order of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1898, No. 461, making absolute a rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. Rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. The material averments of the statement and of the affidavit of defense are set forth in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court made the rule absolute. Error assigned was the order of the court. Different systems of issuing licenses for liquor selling were in force in Allegheny county from 1834 down to 1887, and under each and all of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
Defendant, at the November election, 1896, was elected treasurer of Allegheny county, to serve for the term of three years from the first Monday of January, 1897. He duly qualified and assumed the duties of the office. The salary of the office fixed by law is $6,000 per annum. The city of Pittsburg, a city of the second class, is within the county. In the year 1897, the court of quarter sessions granted 502 licenses for the sale of liquor within the limits of the city; the license fee in each case was $1,000, of which sum $900 was paid to the treasurer for the use…
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