Monroe County v. Eilenberger

Citations

• 34 Pa. Super. 22
• 1907 Pa. Super. LEXIS 75

Syllabus

<p>Bonds — County treasurer’s bond — County commissioners — Name of obligee.</p> <p>It is not an objection to the validity of a county treasurer’s bond that it was given to the commissioners of the county by their official title, instead of the county by its corporate name, nor that it was given to the county, instead of the commonwealth. Com. v. Schadt, 214 Pa. 592, distinguished.</p> <p>An action may be brought in the name of the county to the use of a borough and certain townships of a county against a former county treasurer and his sureties upon his official bond given to the county as obligee and conditioned as prescribed in sec. 33 of the Act of April 15, 1834, P-. L. 537.</p>