Reed v. Pedan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. A JUDGMENT for 3050 dollars was confessed by the plaintiff in error, Robert Reed, in favour of the defendanis in error, in the Common Pleas of Lancaster county, on the 6th February, 1815, which was stated on the record to J . ,. be the penalty of a judgment bond bearing that date, tioned for the payment of 1525 dollars, on the 6th February, 1816, with interest and costs of suit, and with a release of errors.
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In Error. A JUDGMENT for 3050 dollars was confessed by the plaintiff in error, Robert Reed, in favour of the defendanis in error, in the Common Pleas of Lancaster county, on the 6th February, 1815, which was stated on the record to J . ,. be the penalty of a judgment bond bearing that date, tioned for the payment of 1525 dollars, on the 6th February, 1816, with interest and costs of suit, and with a release of errors. On the 26th March, 1816, the judgment was opened, and the defendant let into a defence. The plaintiff’s filed a statement which laid their demand thus : — u Plaintiffs On the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Duncan J.
There are four errors specified as grounds for the reversal of this judgment:
1. That there is no declaration. '
2. That the judgment is for a greater amount than the plaintiffs below demanded.
3. That issue is not joined on all the pleas of the defendant below, .the plaintiff in error.
4. That there is error in taking the verdict in debt, when it ought to have been in damages for the sum beyond 1525 dollars.
The judgment entered by the Prothonotary, pursues the directions of the Act of Assembly, enabling prothonotaries to enter judgments on…
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