Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Hulings

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 28, 1889No. 26PublishedCited by 6 opinions

APPEAL BY PLAINTIEE EROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE DAUPHIN COUNTY. No. 26 May Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 81 January Term 1887, C. P. On December 6,1886, tbe relation of William S. Kirkpatrick, Attorney General, as amended by leave of court on May 9, 1887, gave tbe court to understand and be informed: “ That M. Hulings, S. Simcox, Roy Stone, C. W. Mackey, J. M. Dickey, C. W. Gilfillan, R. G. Lamberton and W. J. Welsh, for tbe space of one year last past and…

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APPEAL BY PLAINTIEE EROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE DAUPHIN COUNTY. No. 26 May Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 81 January Term 1887, C. P. On December 6,1886, tbe relation of William S. Kirkpatrick, Attorney General, as amended by leave of court on May 9, 1887, gave tbe court to understand and be informed: “ That M. Hulings, S. Simcox, Roy Stone, C. W. Mackey, J. M. Dickey, C. W. Gilfillan, R. G. Lamberton and W. J. Welsh, for tbe space of one year last past and more, have claimed to use, and yet do claim to have and use without any lawful warrant within this commonwealth, the…

1Opinion of the Court

Per Ctjriam :

The first three specifications of error are to the findings of fact by the learned judge below. As this was a reference under the act of 1874, the findings of fact by the court are not reviewable here, further than the finding of a jury is reviewable upon a writ of error in a common law proceeding: Jamison v. Collins, 83 Pa. 359; Lee v. Keys, 88 Pa. 175; Brown v. Dempsey, 95 Pa. 243; Commonwealth v. Lehigh Valley R. Co., 104 Pa. 89; Bradlee v. Whitney, 108 Pa. 362. In such cases we can only hear and determine questions of law arising upon bills of exception to the rulings of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. Lehigh Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1883
  2. Bradlee & Co. v. Whitney & KemmererSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885
  3. Jamison v. CollinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1877
  4. Brown v. DempseySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
  5. Lee v. KeysSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. New York & Pennsylvania Co. v. New York Central R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Margiotti v. Union Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  3. A. D. Graham & Co. v. Pennsylvania Turnpike CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  4. Commonwealth v. Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
  5. Fell v. John F. Betz & Son, Ltd.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1903

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