Stryker v. Lycoming County
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 3, Feb. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lycoming Co., Sept. T., 1900, No. 370, on case stated in suit of Frank F. Stryker v. Lycoming County. Case stated to determine liability of county to constable. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. The court entered judgment for plaintiff for $14.30. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in entering judgment for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The plaintiff was a constable of Lycoming county. A war* rant for the arrest of one Elmer O’Brien upon a charge of larceny having been placed in his hands by a justice of. the peace *346of that county, he went to Pittsburg, where O’Brien was detained by the police authorities, arrested him- and brought him to Lycoming county and lodged him in jail. It is admitted in the case stated that in conveying the prisoner to jail, . where, presumably, he was lodged until a hearing could be had, the plaintiff was compelled to pay the railroad fare of the prisoner from Pittsburg to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Commissioners v. HallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1838
- Allegheny County v. WattSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1846
- McCallister v. Armstrong CountySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
- Richardson v. Clarion CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1850
3Cited by1 opinion
- In Re Appointment of Visitors to the Allegheny County HomeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1933