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2 Docket 1 (1898)

handle is hein.journals/docket2 and id is 1 raw text is: THE Vor II. JUL Criminal Courts of Pennsylvania. The following valuable reference tables will show at a glance the dates of the var- ious Quarter Sessions of the State during 1898. If errors appear in any of the dates ouTr subscribers will confer a favor by notify- ing us. JULY. AlleghAny ......4 Philadelphia .. .4 Schuylkill ...... 4 ATGUST. Perry ..........3Wyomi ...61Mifflin . 22 Philadelph2S '. .1 Adams .....16 Tioga .........22 Chester .. ...,. I anester. 15 Venango *....22 Clarilon.. . Washington ...lb York ...........22 Northampton . 8ifentre ........22 Westmoreland 29 0usquehatth .* SEPTEMBER. Allegheny ... . 1sycomlng .....5 Elk ............19 Armstrong . .. .5 Northumberid .5 Forest ........19 Beaver . Philadelphia ...5 Lebanon.. 15.... Bedford. Schuylkill ... Merc ..... Bradford . Warren .........5 Montour .......15 Butler .......Berke ..........UI Potter .........9 CathbrIa. 9. sucks ........12: Union ........lb Cameron .. C Olealeld .......12 Clinton .......2 Erie ........... 3 Crawford .....12 Columbia ...28 Fayette . .6 Iruntingdon ...12 Dauphin ...2....6 Franklin . Jefferson. 12 Monroe ........26 Indiana .... _:.:.6 Lawrence ....12 Snyder .........26 Juniata. Cumberland ..19 Somerset .20 Lehigh. Delaware .....19 Sullivan . 2 OCTOBER. aUPIlRUV COURT AT PIrT BURG. Allegheny. 8 Montgomery ...3 Northampton io' Blair.........3 Philadelpha .. .3 Lackawana ...17 Fulton . 3 Wayne ..........3 Pike ...........17 Lur.erne .... 3 Carbon .... 10 York ...........17 McKean ........3 Greene .... 10 Chester ........31 NOVEMBER. BUPREMX COU'RT AT PHILADRLPIIrA. Cumberland ....II Lehigh .....-.141 Lancaster ...1 Philadelphia ...I Mifflin .........14 Luzerne .......21 Schvilkill ......71 Susquehanna .14 Perry ......... 21 Adams ....... .14 Washington ...1 Centre .........28 Cameron ......14 Westmoreland. 11 Lycoming .....28 Clarion ........14 Wyoming. 14 Tioga ..........2S C.wford ......14 Bedford . 21 Venango ..28 Erie..........14 Elk . ........21 DECEMBER. Allegheny . Juniata. .6 Monroe ..12 Armstrong ....S. Montgomery ...51 Northampton .12 Beaver .........5 Northumberl'd .5 Snyder . 12 Bradford .......5 Philadelphia ... 5 Somerset ......12 Bucks ..........SI Warren .........5 Sullivan ......12 Butler ...... . Wayne .......... Forest .........19 Cambria ........5 Berks .......12 Lawrence .....1 Columbia. Clearfeld. Montour .......19 Delaware. Huntingdon ... U Pike ...........19 Fayette ........5 Jefferson ......12 Potter . 19 Franklin' Lebanon .12 Union . 19 Indiana . 5 McKean. Judge-You aTrie charged with drunkenness -your face tooke tamiliar to me. Prisoner (with dglty)-Quite likely, yer honor; but I don't remember you-I can't ,Seep truck uv &I the fetlers I git drunk with. 'OCKET Y, 1898. No. I. SUPERIOR COURT OPINIONS. The City of Chester v, Xary oiOeoghe- gan et. al., Appellant1 A magistrate may be given Jurls- diction of an action .tp reeveT tse amount Of an assessment fior a mtm- 'icdpal fmprovement by a waiver of the city's right to recover a penalty, the amount of the claim being there- by kept within $300. The same prin- ciple which permits the waiver of interest, in order to give a magi- trate jurledltin, app es with great- er force to a waiver of a penalty, the penalty being merely collateral and foreign to the debt itself. Charles A. Lagen and J. V. McGeoghegan, for appellants; A. A. Cochran, city solicitor, for appellee. January 18, 1898, opinion by Wickham, J. -The city of Chester had the right, under the act of May 23, 1889, P. L. 272, and an ordinance passed in accordance therewith, to sue for, and recover from the appellants a municipal assessment of $220.55, together with interest and a penalty of five per cenr um, amounting tn ali to $308.76. Instead of suing for the latter sum, the city threw off the penalty, amounting to $11.02, and brought suit before an alderman for the debt and interest only, the aggregate of both being. less than $300. The only quesion before us is, whether the plaintiff could give the alderman jurisdiction, by waiving its right to the penalty, and thus bringing the claim, below $300, the maximum amount for which an action could be brought before the magistrate. We have no hesitation in holding that this could legally be done. In Evans vs. HaIll, 45 Pa., 235, it was decided, that while one can- not by relinquishing a part of his debt give a justice of the Teace Jurisdietion, he may accomplish that result by refraining from claiming interest, the reason assigned being that the interest is no portion of the debt proper, but merely an incide**t thereof. There is much stronger rea- son for saying that the penalty, in the present case, is no more than an ine'i-

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