Brown v. Caldwell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court for the city and county of Laucas-' ter, in an action of replevin, brought by Jeremiah Brown, the plaintiff below, against James Hi. Caldwell, the defendant below, in which a verdict and judgment were rendered for the defendant. The case was argued by Hopkins and Montgomery for the plaintiff, and Buchanan and Rogers for the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Duncan, J.
The errors assigned relate to the opinion of the court filed of record; and a preliminary question was made, whether the court could judicially take notice of this opinion, it not appearing by the record, to be reduced to writing, and filed of record at the request of either party. The opinion was an answer to certain points made in writing, propounded to the court for their opinion to the jury, by the defendant in error.
The act making it the duty of courts, on the request of either party, to reduce their opinion, with the reasons, to…
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