Commonwealth v. Gingrich

Citations

• 21 Pa. Super. 286
• 1902 Pa. Super. LEXIS 352

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities — Furnishing entertainment to citizens and guests.</p> <p>A public corporation cannot make a contract to provide an entertainment for its citizens and guests.</p> <p>Municipalities — Gilíes of the third class — Entertainment of guests — Discretion of controller.</p> <p>A controller of a city of the third class does not exceed the discretion vested in him in refusing to approve bills for expenses incurred for refreshments, entertainments and dinners of delegates to a convention of a voluntary association known as “The League of Cities of the Third Class in Pennsylvania,” organized for the purpose of promoting remedial legislation for such cities, there being no prior usage as to the payment by the city of such expenses.</p>