City of Harrisburg v. Guiles
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 9, May T., 1898, by defendants, from order of C. P. Dauphin Co., Jan. T., 1898, No. 17, discharging rule to open judgment. Rule to set aside execution and to open judgment.
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Appeal, No. 9, May T., 1898, by defendants, from order of C. P. Dauphin Co., Jan. T., 1898, No. 17, discharging rule to open judgment. Rule to set aside execution and to open judgment. The facts appear by the opinion of McPherson, J., which was as follows: In November, 1893, the defendant, Guiles, was appointed by the city treasurer of Harrisburg to collect the delinquent taxes of that year, and the other defendants became sureties on his bond —the penal sum being $30,513.02, and the condition being, “ That if the said Isaac W. Guiles shall and will well and truly and faithfully account…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice McCollum,
Isaac W. Guiles was appointed by the treasurer of the city of Harrisburg collector of the unpaid taxes for the year 1893. He entered into a bond to the city in the sum of $30,513.02 with the appellants as sureties. The condition of the obligation was that “ if he faithfully accounted, according to law, for all taxes charged in the duplicate delivered or to be delivered to him by said treasurer, and in all respects faithfully performed the duties of his appointment as prescribed by the laws of Pennsylvania and the ordinances of the city of Harrisburg, then the…
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