Steinmetz v. Fennessy

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania July 17, 1918

Steinmetz v. Fennessy, 262 Pa. 75 (Pa. 1918)

104 A. 870; 1918 Pa. LEXIS 590

Brown, Frazer, Moschzisker, Simpson, Walling

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

This appeal is from a surcharge by the appellants, school directors of Conyngham Township, Columbia County. The facts found by the court below, upon which the surcharge was based, are not reviewable, for an appeal lies only from legal conclusions in such a case: Sec. 4, Act oí May 3, 1909, P. L. 392. The legal conclusions appealed from logically followed the facts found, and, on those conclusions, the decree of the court below is affirmed, at the costs of the appellants.

Reference

Status: Published
Syllabus: Practice, Supreme Court — Lower courts — Findings of fact — Conclusions of law — Conclusion following findings — Surcharge of school directors — Appeal—Act May 8, 1909, P. L. 892. On an appeal from tbe surcharge of school directors the facts found by the lower court are not reviewable. An appeal lies only from the legal conclusions and where they logically follow the facts found the judgment will be affirmed.