Walsh v. Luzerne County

Citations

• 36 Pa. Super. 425
• 1908 Pa. Super. LEXIS 179

Syllabus

<p>Public officers — Pees—State constabulary — Service of criminal warrant — Collection of fee for commonwealth.</p> <p>A public officer who is prevented by statute, or by judicially established principles of public policy, from demanding and collecting for his own use a fee for serving a criminal warrant, cannot demand and collect it for the use of the commonwealth.</p> <p>A member of the state constabulary cannot collect from a county for the use of the commonwealth, a fee for serving a criminal warrant.</p>