Underwood v. Lilly
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the court of Common Pleas of York county, in an action of debt on bond, not exceeding 1,900 dollars, brought in that court to August term, 1817, by Samuel Lilly, against Alexander Underwood, in which the plaintiff below filed the following statement.
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Error to the court of Common Pleas of York county, in an action of debt on bond, not exceeding 1,900 dollars, brought in that court to August term, 1817, by Samuel Lilly, against Alexander Underwood, in which the plaintiff below filed the following statement. This suit is brought on a penal bond, dated the 3d April, 1815, by which Alexander Underwood, the defendant, bound himself to the plaintiff, Samuel Lilly, executor of Edward Ml-Cabe, deceased, in the penal sum of 1,900 dollars, conditioned for the payment of the sum of 57 dollars, annually, to Rebecca M‘Cabe, widow of Edward M‘Cabe,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Duncan, J.
The statement sets out very fully the nature of the plaintiff’s cause of action. It was debt on bond with a penalty, conditioned for payment of the interest on the single sum, to Rebecca M‘Cabe, the widow of Edward M‘Cabe, during her life, and on her death, the principal sum to Samuel Lilly, the plaintiff below, the executor of the said Edward M‘ Ca.be. It then proceeds to state, that two years interest was due at the commencement, and claims judgment for the penalty.
The judgment was entered for the penalty so early as November, 1817. A fieri…
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