McCloskey v. Powell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEALS BY PLAINTIEES AND DEPENDANT FROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OP POREST COUNTY. Nos. 32, 165 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 1 December Term 1883, C. P. On September 24, 1883, Robert McCloskey and A. B. Reid brought trespass q. c. f., to recover for the cutting of timber trees, under the act of March 29, 1824, 8 Sm. L. 283, against J. H. Ryder, James N. Scatcherd, John N. Scatcherd and Jerome Powell.
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APPEALS BY PLAINTIEES AND DEPENDANT FROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OP POREST COUNTY. Nos. 32, 165 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 1 December Term 1883, C. P. On September 24, 1883, Robert McCloskey and A. B. Reid brought trespass q. c. f., to recover for the cutting of timber trees, under the act of March 29, 1824, 8 Sm. L. 283, against J. H. Ryder, James N. Scatcherd, John N. Scatcherd and Jerome Powell. The defendants, Ryder and Powell, appeared and pleaded not guilty; the other defendants were not served. At the second trial on December 23,1886, a verdict was rendered for the…
1Opinion of the Court
NO. 32.
Opinion,
Me. Justice Williams:
This case was here in 1888 on the appeal of the plaintiffs, and it is reported in 123 Pa. 62. It was again tried in the court below, and resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs. It is now here on the appeal of the defendant, and the same question raised in 1888 is once more before us.
An effort was made on the trial to raise another question, and to defeat a recovery by Hodge, the present owner of the claim in suit, on the ground that he bought it for Scatcherd & Son, and with their money. The jury found that he bought for himself, and with his own…
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