Fahnestock v. Faustenauer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari. CERTIORARI to George Matter and Samuel Carpenteru esclu^resi t0 remove the following proceedings before them, under the landlord and tenant act.
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Certiorari. CERTIORARI to George Matter and Samuel Carpenteru esclu^resi t0 remove the following proceedings before them, under the landlord and tenant act. Lancaster county, ss. ^ The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the Sheriff of the county of Lancaster, — Greeting: Whereas, due proof has been made before us, the subscribers, two of the justices of the peace of the county of * * j Lancaster, by arid on behalf of Samuel Fahnestock, Obed Fahnestock, Christian Bowman, Abel Witwer, and Jacob Koenigmacher, Trustees of the German Religious Society of Seventh day Baptists at Ephrata, that the said…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Tilghman C. J.
This is a proceeding under the landlord and tenant act, instituted by Samuel Fahnestock and others *178against John Faustenauer. The complainant made an appliestion to two justices, who issued a venire facias, by virtue of which a jury was summoned, and an inquest held. The gntjjng 0f the jury was very singular ; barely, “ that the facts stated in the within venire facias, are true.’’ What then arc the facts stated in the venire facias ? The venire facias contains a recital, that it had been proved before the justices, &c. [His honour here…
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