Richards v. Richards
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEFENDANT FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY. No. 86 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 147 November Term 1888, C. P. On September 14, 1887, there was entered in the court below, by the prothonotary, a judgment in favor of Mary R. Richards against Charles F. Richards, for i860, with interest from September 13, 1887, upon an agreement in writing filed of which the following is a copy: “I Charles F. Richards of Brooklyn Susquehanna County…
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APPEAL BY DEFENDANT FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY. No. 86 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 147 November Term 1888, C. P. On September 14, 1887, there was entered in the court below, by the prothonotary, a judgment in favor of Mary R. Richards against Charles F. Richards, for i860, with interest from September 13, 1887, upon an agreement in writing filed of which the following is a copy: “I Charles F. Richards of Brooklyn Susquehanna County Penna: Hereby agree that from date hereof I will well use and kindly treat my Wife Mary R. Richards as becometh a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Williams :
The judgment in the court below was entered by the prothonotary under the authority of the act of February 24,1806. The defendant moved to strike it off, alleging that the confession in the instrument on which the judgment was entered was to be operative upon a condition, the happening of which could not be determined upon the face of the instrument, and that for this reason the prothonotary had no right to enter the judgment. This is the only question raised on this record.
• The instrument on which the judgment was entered is in the form of an agreement, and…
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