Bombay v. Boyer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. Writ of error to the Court of Common Pjeas of Northumber-land county, in' a scire facias post annum et diem, &c., issued by Jacob K. Boyer, the plaintiff below, against Jacob Bombay administrator of Jacob Bower, deceased, ánd Benjamin Kline, co-defendants below.
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IN ERROR. Writ of error to the Court of Common Pjeas of Northumber-land county, in' a scire facias post annum et diem, &c., issued by Jacob K. Boyer, the plaintiff below, against Jacob Bombay administrator of Jacob Bower, deceased, ánd Benjamin Kline, co-defendants below. It appeared, that on the 23d of December, 1808, judgment was entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland county for Jacob K. Boyer, the plaintiff below, against Jacob Bower, by confession, for the sum of one thousand three hundred pounds. No declaration or statement was filed; so that nothing appeared on the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Tilghman, C. J.
This case depends on the act of the 4th of Jlpril, 1798, by which the lien of judgments on lands is limited to five years. The facts are as follows: [The Chief Justice here stated the facts, and the opinion of the court below.] In both these opinions of the Court of Common Pleas, I think there was error.
1. The act of the 4th of Jlpril, 1798, is entitled, “An act limiting the time during which judgments shall be a lien on real estates,” &c., and, in the case of The Bank of North America v. Fitzsimons, 3 Binn. 358, it is considered as of…
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