Commonwealth ex rel. Potter v. Reynolds
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. Writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin county. It was originally a suit brought before a justice of the peace on á sheriff’s official bond, and was removed into the Court of Common Pleas by certiorari', which, by consent, was changed into an appeal, and the following case stated for the opinion of the court:— The execution of the bond by the defendant, was admitted, and that Thomas Beale was duly elected, commissioned, and was the sheriff of Mifflin…
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IN ERROR. Writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin county. It was originally a suit brought before a justice of the peace on á sheriff’s official bond, and was removed into the Court of Common Pleas by certiorari', which, by consent, was changed into an appeal, and the following case stated for the opinion of the court:— The execution of the bond by the defendant, was admitted, and that Thomas Beale was duly elected, commissioned, and was the sheriff of Mifflin county as stated in the declaration. It was also admitted that the execution in the declaration mentioned, was duly…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion'of the court was delivered by
Huston, J.
This suit was brought before a justice of the peace of Mifflin county, against the defendant, as one of the bail of Thomas Beale, late sheriff of the said county. The decision of the justice was in favour of the plaintiff; a certiorari was taken out by the defendant. This was, by consent, changed into an appeal, and a case stated, with liberty to either party to take a writ of error. The case stated admitted, that.the defendant with others, executed a bond for fifteen thousand dollars, as bail of T. Beale, late sheriff of Mifflin county. That…
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