Commonwealth v. Perrego

Citations

• 218 Pa. 314
• 67 A. 621
• 1907 Pa. LEXIS 513

Syllabus

<p>Public officers — Actions—Bond—Moneys due commonwealth — Local taxes — Acts of April 16, 1845, P. L. 532; April 21, 1846, P. L. 413, and April 21, 1857, P. L. 266.</p> <p>Under the Act of April 21, 1857, P. L. 266, which extended the Acts of April 16, 1845, P. L. 532, and April 21, 1846, P. L. 413, a collector of local township taxes is not a defaulting public officer against whom a suit may be brought in the manner provided by these acts. The acts apply only to suits for the collection of moneys due the commonwealth.' The proper remedy by which a township may enforce its rights against a collector of local township taxes and his bondsman, is by an ordinary action of assumpsit under the Act of May 25, 1887, P. L. 271.</p>