Marflak v. City of Clairton

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

The controller of the City of Clairton (city), a city of the third class, has appealed an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County refusing to open two peremptory judgments in mandamus by which the court directed the appellant to countersign city payroll and employee benefit checks.

The controllers reason for refusing to sign the checks was his belief that it was improper for him to authorize the expenditure of revenues raised for special purposes, in this case to pay interest and principal on the city’s indebtedness, for general purposes, especially with…