Lease v. Asper
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to. the Court of Common Pleas of Ctimberland county. The plaintiffs in error were defendants below.
1Opinion of the Court
*183The opinion of the court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
— This is a suit brought, upon a statutory obligation, given by the defendants to the plaintiff. George Asper issued a Capias ad Satisfaciendum ón a judgment rendered against Jacob Lease; and for the purpose of obtaining his discharge, Lease executed the bond in question; with John Meixwell as his surety, with condition underwritten:—
“ That the said Jacob Lease shall be, and appear,- &c. and malee application for the benefit of the several acts of assembly, and for relief of insolvent debtors, and surrender himself to the jail of the county…
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