Davis v. Dawes
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Northampton county. This was an amicable scire facias brought by Timothy Dawes against Barnabas Davis, as garnishee of John Quick & Son, on a judgment in foreign attachment.
Read the full summary
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Northampton county. This was an amicable scire facias brought by Timothy Dawes against Barnabas Davis, as garnishee of John Quick & Son, on a judgment in foreign attachment. The following case was stated for the opinion of the court: In November 1835, John Quick If the court should be of opinion that the seizure of the flour by the inspector was illegal, by reason of the flour not having been forfeited, or that the proceedings of the inspector were invalidated by the supplementary Act of 31st of March 1836, judgment to be entered for the plaintiff for the said sum…
1Per curiam
— The Commonwealth had an undoubted power to pass a retrospective law impairing her own right; and whether the flour was originally forfeited or not, the penalty was remitted or rather declared not to have been incurred, by the subsequent Act.
Judgment affirmed.
2Cited by4 opinions
- Greenaway's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Maryland Classified Employees Ass'n v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
- Demoville & Co. v. Davidson CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1889
- State Ex Rel. Crotty v. ZangerleOhio Supreme Court · 1938