Legal Opinion

Palmer & Co. v. Lacock

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 15, 1884No. 158PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong county: Of October and November Term, 1884, No. 158. The record showed the following: January 20th, 1881. Certiorari issued by the Court of Common Pleas to a justice of the peace, to remove the transcript of. a judgment entered by the justice in favor of James A. Palmer & Co. against T. W. Lacock. December 5th, 1881. Judgment of the Justice reversed.

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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong county: Of October and November Term, 1884, No. 158. The record showed the following: January 20th, 1881. Certiorari issued by the Court of Common Pleas to a justice of the peace, to remove the transcript of. a judgment entered by the justice in favor of James A. Palmer & Co. against T. W. Lacock. December 5th, 1881. Judgment of the Justice reversed. January 9th, 1883. Testatum fi. fa. issued to Philadelphia count)’', commanding the sheriff to levy of the goods of James A. Palmer & Co. the sum of $24.40, being costs accrued on said writ of…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green

delivered tlie opinion of tbe court, October 27th, 1884.

In this case a judgment rendered by a justice of the peace was removed to the Common Pleas by certiorari and reversed. A writ of execution was then issued by the defendant to recover his costs on the certiorari. Application was made by the plaintiff to the Court of Common Pleas to set aside the execution on the ground that there was no judgment for costs given on the judgment of reversal. The court refused the application to set aside the writ, and to this refusal the present writ of error is taken. The twenty-second section of the Act…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Phœnix Iron Works Co. v. MullenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
  2. Huntington & Broad Top Mountain Railroad v. FlukeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
  3. Sweitzer v. EmertSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
  4. Badali v. HartmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  5. Deering Harvester Co. v. ZinkSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1907

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