Case Name: Stuart, Appellant, v. Elish
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1963-04-16
Citations: 410 Pa. 374
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 64
Parties: Stuart, Appellant, v. Elish.
Judges: Before Bell, C. J., Musmanno, Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O’Brien and Roberts, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 410
Pages: 374–375

Head Matter:
Stuart, Appellant, v. Elish.
Argued March 21, 1963.
Before Bell, C. J., Musmanno, Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O’Brien and Roberts, JJ.
Paul A. Simmons, with him Tempest & Simmons, for appellant.
Sanford 8. Finder, for appellee.
April 16, 1963:

Opinion:
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Bell,
This is an appeal by petitioner Stuart from an Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County on a petition for a declaratory judgment.
Harvey Stuart was Treasurer of Washington County from 1956 to 1959. Among his duties he was to collect fifty (50$) cents for each gun permit issued in the County under the Uniform Firearms Act, as amended by the Act of July 27, 1953, P. L. 627, §1(e), 18 P.S. §4628(e). The fees collected by Stuart from 1957 to 1959, totaling $1,515 are now held by Stuart, who claims that he and not the County is entitled thereto. The Court below decided that the money belongs to the County of Washington.
Without deciding the question we shall assume, arguendo, that the issue can properly be raised in a declaratory judgment proceeding. After reviewing the record, Judgment affirmed. Each party to pay own costs.