Bolard v. Mason
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Qrawford county: No. 61, to October and November Term 1868. On the 18th of November 1857, an ejectment for 43 acres of land was commenced by A. A. Mason against David Bolard and Margaret Snyder. The writ was endorsed,— “ I authorize and depute S. Landon to execute the within writ, as witness my hand and seal.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Qrawford county: No. 61, to October and November Term 1868. On the 18th of November 1857, an ejectment for 43 acres of land was commenced by A. A. Mason against David Bolard and Margaret Snyder. The writ was endorsed,— “ I authorize and depute S. Landon to execute the within writ, as witness my hand and seal. December 28th 1857. W. A. Hurst, Sh’ff. [t. s.] _ _ December 29th 1857, served personally and by copy on David Bolard and Margaret Snyder. So answers S. P. Landon, Dep’y. Sh’ff. Sworn and subscribed before 1 me January 7th 1858. > H. B. Beatty,…
1Opinion of the Court
*140The opinion of the court was delivered, January 3d 1871, by
Thompson, C. J.
— On the 11th of January Í868, the above entitled case being down for trial, having been brought November 1858, judgment by default was entered against the defendants for a refusal to enter a general appearance to the action, an appearance de bene esse by counsel standing on the record at the time. Conceiving the service and return of the writ in the' case to be insufficient, as well as for other reasons, the counsel refused to appear generally, and hence the judgment against their clients by default. They were…
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