Harper v. Kean
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. Writ of error to the Court of Pleas of Centre county. Immediately after the jury was called, the plaintiffs below, who were also plaintiffs in error, challenged one of the jurors, because on a former trial of this cause before arbitrators, he had been examined as a witness for the defendant, and given testimony on a point material to the issue.
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IN ERROR. Writ of error to the Court of Pleas of Centre county. Immediately after the jury was called, the plaintiffs below, who were also plaintiffs in error, challenged one of the jurors, because on a former trial of this cause before arbitrators, he had been examined as a witness for the defendant, and given testimony on a point material to the issue. The court however was of opinion that this was nota good cause of challenge; to which opinion the counsel for the plaintiffs excepted. It appeared on the, trial, that the plaintiffs had on the 14th October, 1818, obtained a judgment against…
1Opinion of the CourtTilghman, C. J.
The plaintiffs, obtained a judgment against *289the defendant by confession, in the Court of Common Pleas of Centre county, on which an execution was issued, by virtue of which, a levy was made on the defendant’s property. Before there was any sale of the property, certain transactions took place between the plaintiffs and defendant, in cousequence of which, the execution was suspended, and afterwards, on the application of the defendant, the Court of Common Pleas opened the judgment for the purpose of giving the defendant an opportunity of showing what sum should be.deducted from the judgment,…
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