Shaw v. Pearce
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In this case, the matters in dispute between the parties were on the 23d of March 1805 referred under a rule of Court, report to be made to the next Court; and on the 20 th of June 1812, a report was filed in the prothonotary’s office, awarding to the defendant 5842 dollars 80 cents. Exceptions were filed on the 3d of July, and on the 6th instant the report was read at the present adjourned Court, and set down upon the argument list.
1Opinion of the CourtTilghman, C. J.
I construe the rule of reference thus,— report to be made to the next term succeeding the entry of the rule. Yet Mr. Ingersoll does not contend that the award is void for that reason. He allows that a report made at a succeeding term is good; that the rule is understood to *be continued, although its terms have not been strictly complied with. That being the case, I consider the whole sitting of the Court, including its adjournment, as one day, although when justice requires it, the Court will discriminate the different days of their sitting. The case of trials at Nisi Prius, where the postea…
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