Strock v. County of Cumberland

Citations

• 176 Pa. 59
• 34 A. 352
• 1896 Pa. LEXIS 1041

Syllabus

<p>[Marked to be reported.]</p> <p>Sheriff — Boarding vagrants — Ghange of compensation — Public officer.</p> <p>Where the compensation to the sheriff for boarding vagrants has been fixed by an order of court, and boarding has been furnished under the order, the court cannot make a subsequent order increasing the compensation so as to cover the boarding furnished during the continuance of the previous order.</p> <p>County auditors, Findings of — Compensation of public officers.</p> <p>A finding by county auditors that a sum due to a public officer is a certain amount if a particular order of court is valid, and that it is a less amount if the order is invalid, is not such a settlement of the account of a public officer, which, unappealed from, has the force of a conclusive decree for the payment of the larger amount.</p>