Commonwealth v. Meany

Citations

• 8 Pa. Super. 224
• 1898 Pa. Super. LEXIS 45

Syllabus

<p>Public officers — Supervisors—Neglect of roads — Costs.</p> <p>The neglect of supervisors to maintain the public roads is a personal offense and when two supervisors are indicted for maintaining a nuisance, if one defendant is blameless, and some misconduct appears upon the part of the other, the jury may visit the costs on that one, as a penalty for conduct not sufficient to warrant a conviction.</p>