Fox v. Seal
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania; the case being thus: On the 21st of January, 1848, the legislature of Pennsylvania passed the following Joint Resolution to Protect Laborers and Contractors.
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Error to the Circuit Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania; the case being thus: On the 21st of January, 1848, the legislature of Pennsylvania passed the following Joint Resolution to Protect Laborers and Contractors. “Resolved, That it shall not be lawful for any company incorporated by the laws of this Commonwealth, and empowered to construct, make, and manage any railroad, canal, or other public internal improvement, while the debts and liabilities, or any part thereof, incurred by the said company to contractors, laborers, and workmen employed in the construction or repair of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
We think there was error in the rejection of the evidence offered by the plaintiff*. Some of it may have been immaterial to the issues pending, but the court directed that all the record and documentary evidence be embraced in one offer, and then rejected it all. In effect the objections urged by the defendants were treated as a demurrer, and the offer was overruled because the evidence was regarded as insufficient in law to sustain the action.
If the rights of the plaintiff have not been lost by failure to prosecute them in the proper mode, and in due time, the joint resolution of 1843, in…
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