Sterrett v. Bull
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. THIS was a writ of error to the Common Pleas of Ghe8ter county. It was an action brought by the defendants in error, (the plaintiffs below) who were furnacemasters, to recover the price of some pig iron sold to Sterrett, who was a forgemaster.
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In Error. THIS was a writ of error to the Common Pleas of Ghe8ter county. It was an action brought by the defendants in error, (the plaintiffs below) who were furnacemasters, to recover the price of some pig iron sold to Sterrett, who was a forgemaster. Upon the trial of the cause in August 1806, the plaintiffs, to prove the sale and delivery of the iron, offered in evidence a book which &zith, one of the plaintiffs, had previously sworn was their book of original entries, kept principally by two of their clerks, although some of the entries were by him; but the entries bearing upon this…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case is brought before the court on a writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Chester county, and is founded on two bills of exceptions taken on the trial.
Although there are two bills of exceptions, yet the subject of them is the same, viz. the admissibility of the plaintiff’s book in evidence. They present the matter under two different points of view, and shall be considered separately. -
The first exception, which is signed by the presiding judge, was taken to the admission of the book after one of the plaintiffs had sworn “ that…
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