Hugg v. Brown
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia. This was a scire facias quare executionem non, &c. brought to June term, 1839, of the District Court, by William Brown and others, trading as John A. Brown & Co., for the use of David W. Hulings against Henry Hugg and R. J. Bell.
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Error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia. This was a scire facias quare executionem non, &c. brought to June term, 1839, of the District Court, by William Brown and others, trading as John A. Brown & Co., for the use of David W. Hulings against Henry Hugg and R. J. Bell. The original action was brought by Brown & Co. against Iiugg & Bell, to June term, 1837, upon three promissory notes drawn by the defendants in favour of the plaintiffs; one dated Philadelphia, August 25th, 1836, at 8 months, for $195 56; the second dated October 11th, 1836, at 6 months, for $297…
1Opinion of the Court
Rennedy, J.,
delivei’ed the opinion of the court.
The errors assigned, taking exception to the writ of scire facias, do not appear to be sustained in point of fact, and therefore require no further notice. The circumstance of its being stated to be for the use of D. W. Hulings alone, when, by the assignment filed in the prothonotary’s office, of the judgment, it appears to have been assigned to him only in part, is an immaterial matter.
The first two errors, which relate to the rendition of the judgment by the District Court in favour of the plaintiffs below against the plaintiffs in error, who…
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