Keeler v. Neal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to tbe common pleas of Bradford county. Titus Neal brought this action of trespass against Samuel F. Keeler, before a justice of the peace, to recover damages for seizing and taking away a mare belonging to him ; and it came into the court of common pleas by appeal. The defendant pleaded “ not guilty, and accord and satisfactiona verdict passed for the plaintiff for 70 dollars.
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ERROR to tbe common pleas of Bradford county. Titus Neal brought this action of trespass against Samuel F. Keeler, before a justice of the peace, to recover damages for seizing and taking away a mare belonging to him ; and it came into the court of common pleas by appeal. The defendant pleaded “ not guilty, and accord and satisfactiona verdict passed for the plaintiff for 70 dollars. It appeared in evidence, that Hyde, a constable of Pike township, Bradford county, in company with Keeler, who acted as his assistant, took from Neal a mare which had recently belonged to one Adna Hawley, of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
By the sixteenth section of the act of the 20th of March 1810, it is made the duty of a justice of the peace, in case of resignation or removal from office, and of his legal representatives, in case of his death, to deliver his docket, together with all notes, bonds, accounts and papers, in his possession, touching any judgment or suit entered thereon, to the nearest justice of the county. Provided, that if he or they choose to retain the docket, a certified transcript of any judgment or proceeding in any suit, is to be delivered, on…
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