Large v. Steer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 4 OE PUTT. A - DELPHIA COUNTY. No. 9 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 447 September Term 1875, C. P. No. 4. On October 9, 1875, David K. Large, guardian of Annie Warren, a minor child of William J. Warren, filed a bill in equity to the number and term of the court below, above stated, against Henry Davis, Mary Ann Davis and Edward J. Steer, charging that defendants were about to obtain possession of property of the said…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 4 OE PUTT. A - DELPHIA COUNTY. No. 9 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 447 September Term 1875, C. P. No. 4. On October 9, 1875, David K. Large, guardian of Annie Warren, a minor child of William J. Warren, filed a bill in equity to the number and term of the court below, above stated, against Henry Davis, Mary Ann Davis and Edward J. Steer, charging that defendants were about to obtain possession of property of the said minor, in the occupancy of tenants, by proceedings before a magistrate under circumstances alleged to constitute an…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Paxson :
This was an action of debt upon an injunction bond. The first three assignments are without merit and do not require discussion. Nor can the fourth assignment of error be sustained. We do not think the pendency of an ejectment and an action for mesne profits in another court, would of itself *33defeat the right of the plaintiffs below to recover in this proceeding. The suit against David K. Large, the principal, for mesne profits may turn out to be a vain thing, so far as results are concerned, but the plaintiffs have security upon the injunction bond, and if the…
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