Parkinson v. City of Parker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong county: Of October and November Term 1876, No. 230. Debt brought by John Parkinson, for the use of J. Overy and J. P. Coulter, against the city of Parker upon a bond, issued by the borough of Lawrenceburg, in Armstrong county. The borough of Lawrenceburg was incorporated 14th December 1870, by the Court of Quarter Sessions of Armstrong county, under the general borough laws of the Commonwealth.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong county: Of October and November Term 1876, No. 230. Debt brought by John Parkinson, for the use of J. Overy and J. P. Coulter, against the city of Parker upon a bond, issued by the borough of Lawrenceburg, in Armstrong county. The borough of Lawrenceburg was incorporated 14th December 1870, by the Court of Quarter Sessions of Armstrong county, under the general borough laws of the Commonwealth. The city of Parker was incorporated by an act of the legislature, April 7th 1873, Pamph. L. 193. By that act the borough of Lawrenceburg was included…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sterrett
This action of debt was upon a bond, executed by a municipal corporation and prima facie regular on its face. The only question is, whether the court was right in entering judgment of non-suit, after the bond had been given in evidence in connection with other testimony, introduced by the plaintiff. The pleas were 7iil debet, want of consideration, set off, and specially, that the consideration of the bond was a certain overdue and unpaid note, executed by the officers of The Parker’s Landing and Lawrenceburg Water Company. The 65th rule of the Common Pleas provides, that “ in debt on…
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