Maxwell v. Perkins
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, of jPhiladelphia county: Of January Term 1880, No. 103. This was a certiorari to bring up the record from a magistrate in a proceeding by- John Maxwell, under the Act of April 3d 1830, Purd. Dig. 884, pl. 25, against Ellen R. Perkins, to recover possession of premises for non-payment of rent.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, of jPhiladelphia county: Of January Term 1880, No. 103. This was a certiorari to bring up the record from a magistrate in a proceeding by- John Maxwell, under the Act of April 3d 1830, Purd. Dig. 884, pl. 25, against Ellen R. Perkins, to recover possession of premises for non-payment of rent. The complaint before the magistrate was as follows : “ On the 13th day of August, 1879, personally appeared John Maxwell before the subscriber, William H. List, Esq., magistate of Oourt No. 5, in and for the said city, and being duly sworn according to law,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
This case came into the Common Pleas by certiorari to the judgment of a magistrate. It was a proceeding by a landlord under the Act of 1830 to recover possession of certain premises by reason of the non-payment of rent by his lessee. The magistrate entered judgment against the lessee for the premises. On certiorari the judgment of the magistrate was reversed by the Common Pleas. To that reversal this writ of error was taken.
Numerous exceptions were filed in the Common Pleas. The court filed no opinion. The record fails to show on what ground the judgment of the magistrate was reversed. We are…
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