Skelton v. Lower Merion Township

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

Appellant, treasurer and tax collector, brought an action in assumpsit against appellee, a municipal corporation, to recover commissions on moneys received and collected by him. Appellee unsuccessfully challenged the jurisdiction of the court below over the cause of action under the Act of March 5,1925, P. L. 23: see Skelton v. Lower Merion Twp., 298 Pa. 471. It was there argued that the appellant’s remedy was under the act relating to first-class townships before the board of auditors.

In holding against appellee’s contention it was there stated that the cause of…