Commonwealth v. Sholtis

Citations

• 24 Pa. Super. 487
• 1904 Pa. Super. LEXIS 218

Syllabus

<p>Boroughs — Order to pay money — Defense.</p> <p>An order to pay money out of the general funds of a'borough, signed by the president and clerk of the borough council and directed' to the borough treasurer, is not a paper upon which suit may be.brought, being neither a bill, note, check nor contract; and it is not a satisfaction of the original indebtedness. ' Against such an order the borough'may set up the defense of-ultra vires or fraud, or want or failure of consideration. ..</p>