Legal Opinion

Long v. Laufman

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 20, 1828PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Error to the Court of-Common Pleas of Franklin county.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Rogers, J.

— Several objections were made in the Court of Common Pleas, to the recovery of the plaintiffs, and the answers of the court to the points submitted by the defendants’ counsel, have been assigned for error. The objections were in substance, that the suit should have been brought in the name of the obligees,' or by the commissioners of Franklin county, in their corporate capacity: That the bond was not taken by the authority of an act of assembly, and is, therefore, void: That the viewers reported a wooden bridge, in which the grand jury and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bank of the Northern Liberties v. CressonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1825
  2. Kean v. FranklinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1819
  3. Beacom v. HolmesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1825
  4. Reed v. IngrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1799

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
  2. O'Loughlin v. County of JeffersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
  3. Queen v. Unemployment Insurance Appeal BoardSuperior Court of Delaware · 2023

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