Pearson v. Yewdall
Supreme Court of the United States
Motion by the defendant to dismiss the writ of error to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and by the plaintiff to amend the writ, by making the city of Philadelphia a party thereto. The facts are stated in the opinion of .the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
delivered the opinion of the court.-
It having' been suggested to us at the last term that the city of Philadelphia was a party to this' cause- in the court below,' and adverse in interest to the plaintiffs'in error, leave was. granted the defendants in' error to move to dismiss this suit, because the city is noNnamed in the writ; and for the city to appear by counsel, to be heard in support of. the motion. That motion has now been made; and the plaintiffs in error, while resisting it, ask leave, under sect. 1005 Rev. Stat., to amend their writ by naming the city as-a defendant, in case it…
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