McGee v. Dillon
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks county: Of January Term 1883, No. 339. Case stated, wherein Taylor Dillon was plaintiff and Christiana L. McGee et al. were defendants, setting forth the following 'facts : On April 23d 1881, the defendants brought ten suits before a justice of the peace in the township of hsockainixon, Bucks county, against ten different defendants.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks county: Of January Term 1883, No. 339. Case stated, wherein Taylor Dillon was plaintiff and Christiana L. McGee et al. were defendants, setting forth the following 'facts : On April 23d 1881, the defendants brought ten suits before a justice of the peace in the township of hsockainixon, Bucks county, against ten different defendants. The writs of summons were handed for service to the plaintiff, Dillon, a constable of said township, who oil April 26th 1881, proceeded by train from Bridgeton, where .the justice had his office, to Bristol, a distance…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Mebcub
The plaintiffs in error brought twenty separate suits against that number of different persons, before a justice of the peace. Ten of these w'ere brought on one day, and a like number on another day, one week thereafter. All these defendants resided in one vicinity. The defendant in error as constable, served one of the writs of summons on each person against whom the same issued. He performed these services on two general journeys. He charged travel on each writ, and the same was taxed and judgment entered therefor in each case as a part of the costs. As most of the travel was over the same…
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