Edgell v. M'Laughlin
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia. In the Court below K. P. Edgell brought an action on the case against Daniel M'Laughlin, upon a check drawn by the defendant upon the Philadelphia Bank, dated Philadelphia, July 29th, 1836, in favour of S. Comfort or bearer for $500. Plea, non-assumpsit, fyc.
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Error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia. In the Court below K. P. Edgell brought an action on the case against Daniel M'Laughlin, upon a check drawn by the defendant upon the Philadelphia Bank, dated Philadelphia, July 29th, 1836, in favour of S. Comfort or bearer for $500. Plea, non-assumpsit, fyc. On the trial befoi’e Stroud, J., on the 28th of February, 1838, the plaintiff’s counsel gave the check in evidence, and proved a demand upon the bank and a refusal to pay by the direction of the defendant. The defendant’s counsel then offered in evidence the following…
1Opinion of the Court
Tire opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
Courts of justice are instituted to determine the disputes among men, necessarily arising from their existence together in society. The time and labour of a large class of its citizens are devoted to the adjustment of these disputes at a great expense to the community; and this class is as necessary to the welfare of society, as the existence of any of the occupations in which men do *179for others what they cannot do for themselves. But in the innumerable contentions that human affairs originate, there is. sufficient to engross the time and…
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