Magehan v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Huntingdon county. James Thompson against Jacob Magehan, surviving partner of William Richardson. This was an action of debt brought into court by appeal from the judgment of a Justice of the Peace, and the only question whieh arose is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Burnside, J.
The only assignment of error worthy of consideration in this case, is the exception of the defendant below to the admission of the petition and discharge of Jacob Magehan, Jun., as an insolvent debtor. This will be found without difficulty when the case is stated and the question understood. A material inquiry on the trial was whether Jacob Magehan, the defendant, was a partner in the purchase of the cattle and in the butchering of them with Richardson. Thompson had given evidence in chief of the sale of the cattle, and some evidence of the…
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