Blackstock v. Leidy
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Allegheny county. This was an action on the case in assumpsit, brought by Leidy, Baird & Cassilly, against John M’D. Blackstock, Bobert M. Hunter, and William A. Hill, as owners of the steamboat Lydia Collins, to recover the value of certain stores, consisting of groceries, &c., alleged to have been furnished by plaintiffs for the use of the said boat.
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Error to the District Court of Allegheny county. This was an action on the case in assumpsit, brought by Leidy, Baird & Cassilly, against John M’D. Blackstock, Bobert M. Hunter, and William A. Hill, as owners of the steamboat Lydia Collins, to recover the value of certain stores, consisting of groceries, &c., alleged to have been furnished by plaintiffs for the use of the said boat. The writ was returned N. E. I. as to Hunter, and the declaration was filed against the other defendants, comprising the common counts in assumpsit for goods sold and delivered, &c. The defendant, Hill, filed a…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered, by
Black, C. J.
The witness objected to on the score of interest was competent beyond a doubt. When called by the plaintiffs, the defendants, to sustain their objection, swore him on his voir dire, and the fact which they extracted from him would have rendered him incompetent without a further explanation. But the party who called him took up the examination, and in reply to their inquiries he stated what showed that he had no interest. All he said must be taken together. The points decided in Thomas v. Brady (10 Barr 167), and in Griffith v. Reford (1…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Griffith v. RefordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1829
3Cited by2 opinions
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