Duncan Meter Corp. v. Gritsavage

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

Plaintiff, Duncan Meter Corporation, filed a complaint in mandamus to compel Walter Gritsavage, Controller of the City of Nanticoke, Luzerne County, to countersign a voucher warrant drawn on the city treasury payable to plaintiff. Controller filed an answer containing new matter in justification of his refusal. Preliminary objections to this, answer were sustained, and after argument, the writ prayed for issued. This appeal by the controller results from the issuance of that writ.

The pleadings disclose that on July 5,1946, the Nanticoke City Council passed an…