Legal Opinion

Clarke v. Patterson

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 27, 1813PublishedCited by 1 opinion

in ERROR. ERROR to the Common Pleas of Bedford county, to re* move ¡the record of the proceedings of two justices, in a landlord and tenant cause. moved to quash the writ, upon the ground that the act of 21st March 1772, declares that the judgment of the justices shall be final and conclusive. 1 Smith's Laws 374. said there had been many cases in which the judgment of th||; justices had been reversed for error; and cited Boggs v. Black (a).

1Per curiam

There are too many precedents of such judgments removed from the Common Pleas by writ of error, to permit the practice to be questioned. The motion must be denied.

Motion denied.

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Antrim's CaseDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1863