Keyser v. Rodgers
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Pranldin county. This was an action on the case by William Rodgers against William Keyser. The plaintiff declared in trover for a number of articles of •household and kitchen furniture, to which defendant pleaded not guilty and property, and filed the following notice of special matter :— “ Defendant will prove, under the pleadings in this action, that the property claimed by the plaintiff in his narr., was bought by the plaintiff at a public…
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Error to the Common Pleas of Pranldin county. This was an action on the case by William Rodgers against William Keyser. The plaintiff declared in trover for a number of articles of •household and kitchen furniture, to which defendant pleaded not guilty and property, and filed the following notice of special matter :— “ Defendant will prove, under the pleadings in this action, that the property claimed by the plaintiff in his narr., was bought by the plaintiff at a public sale, and defendant became his security in a note given for the price of said property. That plaintiff then made an…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Strong, J.
This was an action of trover, in which one branch of the defence was, that under an agreement between the parties, the property claimed by the plaintiff had been pledged to the defendant, and that his refusal to give it up was therefore not unlawful. To sustain the defence, a copy of a very obscure and informal article of agreement was offered in evidence, in which interlineation was apparent. No objection appears to have been made, because it was a copy, but to explain the interlineations, and to show that all the alterations, if any, were…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Meeker v. JacksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1802
- Carskadden v. PoormanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1840
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- Pearl Assurance Co. v. National Insurance Agency, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941