Irvin v. Hazleton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Allegheny county. This was an action on the case brought in 1852 to recover the amount of a book account due by the defendants below (and plaintiffs in error), which resulted in a verdict of $409.12 against them, rendered on the 29th day of March 1853. No further proceeding was had until the 3d of September 1860, when judgment was entered on the verdict for $409.12, with interest from the date thereof, March 29th 1853. On the 15th of October…
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Error to the District Court of Allegheny county. This was an action on the case brought in 1852 to recover the amount of a book account due by the defendants below (and plaintiffs in error), which resulted in a verdict of $409.12 against them, rendered on the 29th day of March 1853. No further proceeding was had until the 3d of September 1860, when judgment was entered on the verdict for $409.12, with interest from the date thereof, March 29th 1853. On the 15th of October 1860, defendants’ counsel obtained a rule to show cause why the judgment should not be opened, and the defendants let into…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Strong, J.
— The report of the case of Kelsey v. Murphy, 6 Casey 340, contains no statement of the facts, except so far as they are embraced in the opinion delivered by Mr. Justice Thompson. A knowledge of the facts, however, is essential to a correct understanding of what was decided. The verdict in that case was obtained on the 16th day of December 1851, and was followed by motions for a new trial and for arrest of judgment. On the 29th of November 1852, these motions were overruled, and judgment was entered generally on the verdict. It was not…
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