Carey v. Watson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was a case in the Common Pleas of Luzerne County,, originally reported 4 Luzerne Legal Observer, page 24. The-opinion of the Court was as follows per;
1Opinion of the CourtConyngham, P. J.
The justice evidently intended to enter a regular judgment' against the plaintiff for costs. The defendant, as appears by the-transcript “claimed an off-set for the whole of the plaintiff’s demand,” and the justice says after hearing, &c., “defendant’s off*535set allowed and plaintiff pay the costthus substantially entering judgment in favor of the defendant.
The justice so considered it also, by allowing the plaintiff to appeal. The intention is so manifest that the same on issue of a technical term in entering judgment would not justify us in dismissing the appeal, as the 4th Section of Act of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kase v. BestSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1850