Lessee of M'Clemmons v. Graham
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
An appeal does not he from the Common Pleas to the Supreme Court. The act of 11th. March 1809, which authorizes appeals and writs of error from and to the courts of the several counxicSj me ftii s tnux causes shall be removed by one or the other jjnode,according1 pro^eechngS¡n the respective by'^ppeaf'from the Register’s phan’saCourt" and by writ of Quartei°Ses-C sions and Common Pleas.
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An appeal does not he from the Common Pleas to the Supreme Court. The act of 11th. March 1809, which authorizes appeals and writs of error from and to the courts of the several counxicSj me ftii s tnux causes shall be removed by one or the other jjnode,according1 pro^eechngS¡n the respective by'^ppeaf'from the Register’s phan’saCourt" and by writ of Quartei°Ses-C sions and Common Pleas. HP HE defendant removed the proceedings in this cause JL from the Common Pleas of Butler county to this court. . . , , . by appeal; and a motion was now made by Baldwin for the plaintiff to quash the appeal, 1…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilgiiman C. J.
The defendant entered an appeal from the judgment of the court of Common Pleas of Butler county, and the cause comes before us on a motion by the plaintiff to quash the appeal. This is the first instance of an appeal from the court of Common. Pleas. The only mode of correcting errors has been by suing out a writ of error. The defendant endeavours to support his appeal on the act of 11thMarch 1809, intitled, a further supplement to an act, intitled, “ An- “ act to alter the judiciary system of this commonwealth»” By the 6th section of this act it is enacted, that “appeals and…
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