Isenberg v. Black

Citations

• 53 Pa. Super. 300
• 1913 Pa. Super. LEXIS 168

Syllabus

<p>Bounties — Mandamus—Payment of scalp certificate — County commissioners — Act of April 10, 1907, P. L. 60.</p> <p>1. A petition for mandamus against county commissioners to compel the payment of scalp certificates issued under the Act of April 10, 1907, P. L. 60, for killing certain wild animals, will not be granted where the petition and its exhibits do not set forth the name of person killing the animal, the time it was killed, the name of the place where it was killed, the date when the certificate was given, or any other facts to identify the particular certificates.</p> <p>2. A petition to compel a public officer to allow or pay a claim held by the petitioner, or to issue a warrant therefor, ought to describe the claim in such terms as to identify it and distinguish it from all other claims of a similar kind.</p> <p>3. It is no answer to a proper petition for mandamus against county commissioners that the amount of money in the county treasury did not exceed 1200 where the amount claimed was only $1.00.</p>