Griffith v. Ogle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS was an appeal from the Circuit Court of Somerset county. '' . It was an action on the case in nature of a writ of conspiracy.
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THIS was an appeal from the Circuit Court of Somerset county. '' . It was an action on the case in nature of a writ of conspiracy. The first count in the declaration charged that the plaintiff being an associate justice of the Common Pleas oí Somerset county, the defendants conspired falsely to charge him with the offence of taking illegal fees, and to cause him to be removed from office; and in pursuance of their malicious conspiracy did falsely and maliciously accuse and charge him with taking illegal fees. The second count charged that the defendants conspired falsely and maliciously to…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
delivered the opinion of the court, after stating the case.
The first question is whether the Circuit Court did right in entering judgment as of a term in which the plaintiff was living. Although this point has not been absolutely abandoned by the defendants’ counsel, yet with great propriety it has not been urged as if they supposed it was tenable. Direct authorities have been cited by the plaintiff’s counsel, in support of this practice, (a) It tends very much to the attainment of justice, and we have no doubt but it is perfectly regular.
Of the remaining points offered in…
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