Wolfe v. McDevitt
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 200, Oct. T., 1916, by defendants, from judgment of O. P. Northumberland Co., Feb. T., 1915, for plaintiff, on case tried by the court without a jury in suit of Mamie M. Wolfe v. Columbus B. McDevitt et al. Assumpsit on an insolvent’s bond. The case was tried by Moser, J., without a jury. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was in entering judgment for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
Columbus B. McDevitt was committed to jail by virtue of a ca. sa. issued on a judgment recovered against him on a suit for breach of promise to marry. He presented his petition under the Act of June 16, 1836, P. L. 729, praying to be discharged as an insolvent upon his giving a proper bond. The condition of the bond was as fol*545lows: “That if the said Columbus B. McDevitt shall appear at the next term of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, shall direct (sic) and then and there present his petition for the benefit of the insolvent laws of this Commonwealth, and comply…
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