Good v. Good
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the district court of Lancaster county. John Good, Esq. against Jacob Good. This was an action of debt, founded upon two bonds and a single bill, not exceeding 1200 dollars.
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ERROR to the district court of Lancaster county. John Good, Esq. against Jacob Good. This was an action of debt, founded upon two bonds and a single bill, not exceeding 1200 dollars. On the 1st of April 1829, John Good, the plaintiff, put his son; Jacob Good, the defendant, into possession of a tract of land, and on the 15th of January 1830, sold it to him for 7380 dollars 88 cents, but did not deliver the conveyance until the 17th of Septemher 1831, when the purchase-money was in part paid, and a judgment bond for 3000 dollars, and six common bonds for 500 dollars each, were given by the son…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Gibson, C. J.
Jurors are sworn to try, not a particular issue, but all the issues, where there are more than one; and of this duty they can be relieved only by one of the parties, with the assent of the court to a motion to withdraw a count or a plea. Hence it is their business to pass on all the questions submitted to them, wholly or in part for the plaintiff or the defendant, reddendo singula singulis, 2 Tidd's Pr. 919, and where the issues are all to be found for the same party, it may be done in general terms, equally applicable to each of them; but…
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