Warren v. Steer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
EBBOE TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 2 OE PHIL ADEL-PUTA COUNTY. No. 438 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 491 September Term 1879, C. P. No. 2. In the court below, on July 23,1884, judgment was entered upon a verdict in favor of Edward J. Steer against Henrietta Warren and David K. Large, guardian of Annie Warren, a minor, in an action of ejectment for the recovery of possession of a lot on Eighteenth street. No claim was made or recovered for mesne profits.
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EBBOE TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 2 OE PHIL ADEL-PUTA COUNTY. No. 438 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 491 September Term 1879, C. P. No. 2. In the court below, on July 23,1884, judgment was entered upon a verdict in favor of Edward J. Steer against Henrietta Warren and David K. Large, guardian of Annie Warren, a minor, in an action of ejectment for the recovery of possession of a lot on Eighteenth street. No claim was made or recovered for mesne profits. The defendants, having entered into a recognizance in the sum of $400, with the usual conditions, purchased a writ of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Paxson:
This was the application of an exceedingly clumsy piece of legal ordnance of the time of Charles II. to modern legal warfare. The plaintiff below had recovered in an ejectment, and after obtaining possession sued out a writ of inquiry of damages, the object of which can best be explained by reference to the prsecipe, which is as follows: “ Issue writ of inquiry of damages accruing to plaintiff herein by reason of the taking of the writ of error to the Supreme Court- of Pennsylvania, by the defendants herein, and the affirmance by that court of *533the judgment…
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