Camp v. Walker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Mercer county. This action was instituted by John Knapp, for the use of David N. Camp, against James and Samuel Walker, before a justice of the peace, and was founded upon a negotiable note in these words: “ For value received, we jointly, or severally, promise to pay John Knapp, or bearer, one hundred and fifty dollars by the first day of January next, interest to be computed annually, as witness our hands.”
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ERROR to the common pleas of Mercer county. This action was instituted by John Knapp, for the use of David N. Camp, against James and Samuel Walker, before a justice of the peace, and was founded upon a negotiable note in these words: “ For value received, we jointly, or severally, promise to pay John Knapp, or bearer, one hundred and fifty dollars by the first day of January next, interest to be computed annually, as witness our hands.” The defendant offered to prove Knapp’s declarations after he parted with it, that the note had been given in consideration of the sale of a tract of land, in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers J.
This was a suit brought before a justice of the peace, by the holder of a negotiable note, to recover from the defendant a sum less than 100 dollars, and the main question is, whether the justice had jurisdiction. If the suit had been brought by the payee, *483the consideration could have been inquired into; and if it had appeared that the note had been given as the price of real estate, the justice would not have had jurisdiction. The act of 1810 preserves the exclusive jurisdiction of the court of common pleas in actions where the title to lands…
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