Steel v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to tbe Common Pleas of Huntingdon county. This was an appeal by the Commonwealth from the report of the auditors of Huntingdon county, under the Act of 16th April, 1845, {Acts, 534) auditing the accounts of James Steel as Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, and Clerk of the Quarter Sessions, and of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer of Huntingdon county.
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Error to tbe Common Pleas of Huntingdon county. This was an appeal by the Commonwealth from the report of the auditors of Huntingdon county, under the Act of 16th April, 1845, {Acts, 534) auditing the accounts of James Steel as Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, and Clerk of the Quarter Sessions, and of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer of Huntingdon county. The case was tried before, and a report of it will be found in 8 Barr 128-133. May 22, 1848, the judgment in favor of the defendant below was reversed. On April 14, 1852, a case was stated, and judgment was rendered thereon for the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered, by
Black, C. J.
This case was here before on a writ of error taken by the Commonwealth (8 Barr 128). The principles involved in it were then settled; and though the whole subject has been argued over again, the hope that we would disregard a former decision of this Court was, probably, not very strong. We abide by it, not only because the rule of stare decisis is a good and a safe one, but because we believe the opinion then given to be wise and just. Authority and reason unite to sustain it.
*454Besides the old points, a new one has been raised. On the first…
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