Linderman v. Berg
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In error from the Common Pleas of Fayette. This was an ejectment commenced in 1846. In 1848, Stewart presented a petition setting forth that he had sold the land to defendant with a covenant warranty, and praying to be substituted as defendant. He further stated that he had not until recently been aware that the case was on the trial list, and that his duties as a member of Congress would prevent his attendance and preparation for the trial at the approaching term.
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In error from the Common Pleas of Fayette. This was an ejectment commenced in 1846. In 1848, Stewart presented a petition setting forth that he had sold the land to defendant with a covenant warranty, and praying to be substituted as defendant. He further stated that he had not until recently been aware that the case was on the trial list, and that his duties as a member of Congress would prevent his attendance and preparation for the trial at the approaching term. The Court (Gilmore, P. J.) refused the application, and this was assigned for error.
1Per curiam
the petitioner had actually been the defendant’s landlord, it would have been doubtful, under the circumstances, whether he would have been entitled to become a party. In McClay v. Benedict, 1 Rawle, 424, it was said that admission to defend is an act of the Court; and when the purpose of it is delay, as it palpably was here, it might perhaps be thought that the party had dispensed with his right by delay till the exercise of it would be an abuse of it. But the petitioner was not a landlord. He was simply a vendor; and not having a reversionary interest, as in McClay v. Benedict, and Boyer v.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Boyer v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1836
- M'Clay v. BenedictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1829