Commonwealth v. Patterson

Citations

• 206 Pa. 522
• 56 A. 27
• 1903 Pa. LEXIS 753

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities — Philadelphia—Public officers — Accounts—Audit—Act of June 1, 1885.</p> <p>Under the act of June 1, 1885, relating to the government of the city of Philadelphia, it is the duty of the controller of the city to audit the accounts of the health officer, and in the absence of gross fraud practiced upon the controller, or collusion between him and the accounting officer, his official audit is conclusive upon the city, and this is the case although the audit may not have been actually filed in the court of common pleas as provided by the act.</p> <p>The fact that a public officer has not objected to a reaudit of his accounts for certain years by the controller, will in no way estop him from objecting to another audit of the same years by a new controller.</p>