Nagle v. Mullison
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the-Common Pleas of Lancaster county. This was an action on the case by James Mullison, the keeper of a livery stable, against Christopher E. Nagle, a constable, for levying on and selling a horse belonging to the plaintiff, under an execution against Dr. Smith Armor.
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Error to the-Common Pleas of Lancaster county. This was an action on the case by James Mullison, the keeper of a livery stable, against Christopher E. Nagle, a constable, for levying on and selling a horse belonging to the plaintiff, under an execution against Dr. Smith Armor. The facts of the ease are fully stated in the following charge to the jury in the court below, delivered by Long, P. J.:— “ According to the evidence which has been given in this case, it appears, that about the 5th of July 1856, Doctor Smith Armor hired a horse from the plaintiff, Mullison, who resided in Columbia, to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Thompson, J.
The jury in this case returned a special verdict, but entirely defective as to one of the points, the main one, attempted to be raised in the case. The court entered judgment for the plaintiff, as if on a general verdict; and the assignments of error are to the charge of the court, which raises all the points argued here. As no new or different questions are raised by the special verdict, and no objection made to the form of the verdict, we will consider the objections to the charge.
*531. The 1st and 2d assignments may be considered together.…
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