Wilson v. Hilliard
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas, No. 2, of Philadelphia Conuty to review a judgment entered for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. This was an action brought on a record of a judgment obtained by Lewis E. Hilliard against Edward H. Lewis et al., in the district court of Summit county, Colorado.
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Error to the Common Pleas, No. 2, of Philadelphia Conuty to review a judgment entered for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. This was an action brought on a record of a judgment obtained by Lewis E. Hilliard against Edward H. Lewis et al., in the district court of Summit county, Colorado. The defendants filed the following affidavit of defense: Edward H. Wilson, being duly affirmed according to law, deposes, and says: That he is a member of the firm of E. H. Wilson & Company named above as one of the defendants, and that said firm and all of said defendants have a just and full…
1Per curiam
In the suit brought against the plaintiffs in error in Colorado, they employed counsel to defend it. In pursuance of that employment the counsel entered an appearance. This gave the court jurisdiction of the person of the defendants in that suit, with like effect as if they had been personally served. Jurisdiction having thus been duly obtained, it was not lost by the with*432drawal of the appearance of the counsel, after issue joined and several continuances of the cause. Conceding that-the counsel who afterwards appeared did it without any authority, yet it did not invalidate the previous…
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