Hiller v. Pfeffer

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.

The gravamen of the appeal seems to be that the court had no jurisdiction of the cause because no witnesses were sworn. The circumstances were that there were two eases against the same defendant returnable at the same time, one by Jennie Hiller, the other, which was the case now at bar, by Samuel Hiller. In the present case both parties appeared at the trial, and were represented by attorneys, who agreed in open court that the evidence in the Jennie Hiller case should be taken, and (in effect) be used in the present case as though taken…