Irons v. Allen
Citations
- 169 Pa. 633
- 32 A. 655
- 1895 Pa. LEXIS 1140
Syllabus
<p>Justice of the peace — Penalties for taking illegal fees — Acts of March 28, 1814, and April, 2, 1868.</p> <p>The penalties provided by the act of March 28, 1814, P. L. 352, against justices of the peace for charging illegal fees are not applicable to the taking of fees illegal under the act of April 2, 1868, P. L. 3. The latter act provides no penalty, and the only punishment for taking a fee illegal under it is by indictment.</p>
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that “[c]ourts historically possess the inherent authority to appoint masters to assist them in performing their various functions”
- holding, in a uniformity challenge, that the taxpayer’s evidence of the assessment of neighboring properties should have been admitted
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Judges: Dean, Fell, McCollum, Sterrett, Williams
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