Morrison v. Bachert
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common -Pleas of Northampton county: Of January Term, 1886, No. 204.' Case stated'in the nature of a special' verdict wherein Charles A. Morrison was plaintiff and Ge'orge.- Bachert was defendant, as follows: 'And now, November 30th, 1885, it is hereby' agreed by and between-the parties to the above" suit, that the following case be stated for the opinion of the court in the'nature of a special verdict.
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Error to the Court of Common -Pleas of Northampton county: Of January Term, 1886, No. 204.' Case stated'in the nature of a special' verdict wherein Charles A. Morrison was plaintiff and Ge'orge.- Bachert was defendant, as follows: 'And now, November 30th, 1885, it is hereby' agreed by and between-the parties to the above" suit, that the following case be stated for the opinion of the court in the'nature of a special verdict. Charles A. Morrison, the plaintiff-above named, is and hás been, since January last, the prothonptary of said court; and in the suit of Simon Aicher v. George Bachert,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
This case was argued with marked ability by the young gentleman who represented the plaintiff in error. There was no appearance for the defendant in error.
The record presents a single question, but it is an important one. It involves the constitutionality of the Act of June 12th, 1878, P. L. 187, entitled “An Act to ascertain and appoint the fees to be received by the sheriffs, coroners, prothonotaries, clerks of the several courts, registers of wills and recorders of deeds of this Commonwealth, except in counties containing more than one hundred and fifty thousand, or less than ten thousand…
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