JOYCE v. PennDOT.

No. 2344 C.D. 1984.

93 Pa.Commw. 613 (1985)

John P. Joyce, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Appellant v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Appellee.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

December 23, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Fitzgerald, for appellant.

Spencer A. Manthorpe, Chief Counsel, with him, Jeffrey L. Giltenboth, Assistant Counsel, and Jay C. Waldman, General Counsel, for appellee.

Argued October 9, 1985, before President Judge CRUMLISH, JR. and Judges ROGERS, CRAIG, MacPHAIL, DOYLE, COLINS and PALLADINO.


PER CURIAM, December 23, 1985:

The Allegheny County Common Pleas Court granted the Commonwealth's request for declaratory judgment against the Allegheny County Prothonotary's practice of assessing poundage fees on eminent domain compensation funds deposited in his office by the Commonwealth. Prothonotary John P. Joyce appeals to this Court.

The central contention by Joyce is that the authorization for the charge of poundage fees provided in Section 21042(11...

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