Scranton v. Lackawanna County
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 247, Jan. T., 1905, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Sept. T., 1903, No. 265, for defendant on case stated in suit of Joseph A. Scranton v. County of Lackawanna. Case stated to determine compensation of county treasurer.
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Appeal, No. 247, Jan. T., 1905, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Sept. T., 1903, No. 265, for defendant on case stated in suit of Joseph A. Scranton v. County of Lackawanna. Case stated to determine compensation of county treasurer. The case stated was as follows : 1. The last county auditors of said county were elected in November, 1899, and their term of office expired on the first Monday in January, 1903. There are no such officers as county auditors in said county since the last mentioned date. 2. Under the act of 1895, a county controller was elected in said county in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
This is an amicable action in assumpsit to determine the right of the plaintiff to recover compensation alleged to be due him as the treasurer of Lackawanna county. The facts' were agreed upon by the parties and submitted to the court below in a case stated. The learned trial judge entered judgment in favor of the defendant. His opinion states the law of the case.
The controller was substituted for the county auditors so far as their duties under the act of 1834 required them to approve the compensation of the county treasurer as fixed by the county…
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- County of Crawford v. NashSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882
- Com. ex rel. Attorney General v. SamuelsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Taggart v. Commonwealth ex rel. Attorney-GeneralSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1883
- Merwine v. County of MonroeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
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