Gray v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the.common pleas of Cumberland county. This was an action of replevin by John Gray against James Wilson, in which a verdict was rendered for the defendant, and the court below arrested the judgment. Upon a writ of error, the judgment of the court below was reversed, and judgment entered on the verdict for the defendant by this court.
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ERROR to the.common pleas of Cumberland county. This was an action of replevin by John Gray against James Wilson, in which a verdict was rendered for the defendant, and the court below arrested the judgment. Upon a writ of error, the judgment of the court below was reversed, and judgment entered on the verdict for the defendant by this court. See 5 Watts 25, where the whole case is fully stated, except that part of it which gave rise to the point now raisedon this writ of error, which was taken by the plaintiff to remove the same record. It appeared upon the trial, that while Wilson was…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
Five errors have been assigned, but the third seems to be the only one that is maintainable. It is an exception to the answer given by the court below to the fifth point submitted by the counsel for the defendant. By it the court were, requested to instruct the jury that “a factor, such as the defendant was, as between the plaintiff and'himself, had a lien upon the goods of his principal for advancements made by him, or responsibilities incurred in conducting the agency; and the goods could not be taken from him by the principal, without…
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