Wheeler v. Potter
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 42, Jan. T. 1900, by plaintiffs in a suit of Harriet C. Wheeler and Bessie W. Pratt, executrices of Eno S. Wheeler, deceased, against L. M. Potter, from decree of C. P. Wyoming Co., June T., 1898, No. 136, costs of appeal to be paid by plaintiffs. Opinion by W. D. Porter, J. Rule for taxation of costs.
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Appeal, No. 42, Jan. T. 1900, by plaintiffs in a suit of Harriet C. Wheeler and Bessie W. Pratt, executrices of Eno S. Wheeler, deceased, against L. M. Potter, from decree of C. P. Wyoming Co., June T., 1898, No. 136, costs of appeal to be paid by plaintiffs. Opinion by W. D. Porter, J. Rule for taxation of costs. It appears from the record that plaintiffs recovered a judgment of $4.90 with costs in an action of assumpsit before a justice of the peace, and appealed to the common pleas; defendant entered a rule of reference before arbitrators who filed an award of $4.00 in favor of the…
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Opinion by
W. D. Pouter., J.,
The plaintiffs recovered a judgment against the defendant *423for $4.60 in an action before a justice of the peace, and, not be ing satisfied with this judgment, they appealed to the court of common pleas and filed a statement in assumpsit. The defendant entered a rule to arbitrate, under the compulsory arbitration Act of June 16,1836, P. L. 715. Arbitrators were duly chosen and qualified, and, after hearing, an award was filed finding in favor of the plaintiffs in the sum of $4.00. This award was not appealed from and became a final judgment. The defendant entered a…
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