Commonwealth v. Keenan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 108, Jan. T., 1910, by defendants, from order of C. P. Luzerne Co., March T., 1909, No. 117, discharging rule to strike off judgment in case of Commonwealth to use of- Fritz Holznagel v. W. J. Keenan et al. Rule to strike off judgment. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Error assigned was order discharging rule to strike off judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
This appeal is from an order discharging a rule to strike off a judgment entered by confession, on a bond to the commonwealth given in an action of trespass commenced by a capias ad respondendum. The condition of the bond was that prescribed by the act of assembly, but in addition there was a confession of judgment with a waiver of exemption, stay of execution and inquisition. The contention of the defendants is that this addition *277invalidated the bond or at least should be treated as surplusage and a nullity and that the judgment entered is void.
A person under arrest on a capias is…
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