Thomas v. Wright
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. This was a writ of error to the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, in an ejectment brought by William Wright, the plaintiff below, against John Thomas, for a house and lot in the county of Philadelphia, in which a verdict and judgment were rendered for the plaintiff. Two bills of exceptions were taken by the defendant to the admission of evidence, and a third to the charge of the court.
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IN ERROR. This was a writ of error to the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, in an ejectment brought by William Wright, the plaintiff below, against John Thomas, for a house and lot in the county of Philadelphia, in which a verdict and judgment were rendered for the plaintiff. Two bills of exceptions were taken by the defendant to the admission of evidence, and a third to the charge of the court. The property in question belonged to the plaintiff’s father, George Wright, who, in the year, 1801, conveyed it to a. certain John Thomas, (not the defendant,) in trust, to pay…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the .court was delivered by
Duncan, J.
The reference in the bill of exceptions to the notes of- the four counsel concerned for. the parties, and the notes of the ‘evidence of the judges before whom the cause was tried, does not answer the design of a bill of exceptions, which is, to desire the opinion of the court on certain points of law propounded to them on some given state of evidence. To refer then to the notes of six *91. gentlemen, however accurate and correct they may be in noting the evidence, cannot be said to afford a precise statement of facts. The • notes will not…
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