Ritter v. Stricker

Hargest, P. J.,

This matter now comes before us upon a petition to show cause why the writ of capias ad satisfaciendum issued June 2, 1933, should not be quashed. The plaintiff obtained a verdict against the defendant on April 22, 1933, for $106.85, for property damage to his automobile. On May 10, 1933, the plaintiff, without the payment of a jury fee or the entry of a judgment, caused a writ of capias ad satisfaciendum to issue, and the defendant was taken into custody.

On May 29,1933, the defendant presented her petition to be discharged under the Act of June 1, 1915, P. L. 704, on the…