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· 4/22/1889

Ditman v. Buist

Citations

  • 125 Pa. 609
  • 17 A. 504
  • 1889 Pa. LEXIS 758

Syllabus

<p>Where, under an arrangement between the sheriff and garnishees, printing is done for the latter in the defendant’s printing house while in the sheriff’s possession under an execution, and the sheriff is paid the price charged and applies it to the writs in his hands, the garnishees are not liable therefor to the attaching creditor.</p>

How courts have described this case

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  • upholding a school board resolution that reduced elected tax collectors’ salaries to as little as $0.20 per tax bill collected and allowed, but did not require, tax collectors to deputize a representative of an established institution
  • the resolution did not mandate that any person or entity, other than the elected tax collectors, actually collect school taxes

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Judges: Clark, Green, McCollum, Paxson, Williams

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