Sweeny v. Hunter
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County
No. 73 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 173 April Term 1888, C. P. No. 2. To the number and term of the court below, an appeal was entered by the defendant from the judgment of an alderman entered on December 29, 1887, in favor of Frank Sweeny against W. W. Hunter, for the sum of $43. Issue.
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No. 73 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 173 April Term 1888, C. P. No. 2. To the number and term of the court below, an appeal was entered by the defendant from the judgment of an alderman entered on December 29, 1887, in favor of Frank Sweeny against W. W. Hunter, for the sum of $43. Issue. At the trial on February 10, 1890, it was shown, in substance, that in September, 1887, Frank Sweeny, the plaintiff, a citizen of Pennsylvania and an employee of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, operating a railroad within the jurisdiction of the courts of Pennsylvania, was indebted to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Me. Justice Steeeett :
The act of May 23,1887, P. L. 164, under which this suit was brought declares:
“ It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, being a citizen or citizens of this commonwealth, to assign or transfer any claim for debt against a resident of this commonwealth, for the purpose of having the same collected by proceedings in attachment in courts outside of this commonwealth, or to sendout of this commonwealth, by assignment, transfer, or other manner whatsoever, either for or without value, any claim for debt against any resident thereof, for the purpose or with the…
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