Trimble's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL from the decree of the court of common pleas of Cumberland county, appropriating the proceeds of the sale of the real estate of Joseph Smith. In the court below, upon the hearing of this case, all the evidence had been given to the court, and the counsel on each side had concluded their argument, and the court was about to deliver their opinion, when the counsel of Thomas Trimble demanded an issue to try the facts, about which the evidence had been given.
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APPEAL from the decree of the court of common pleas of Cumberland county, appropriating the proceeds of the sale of the real estate of Joseph Smith. In the court below, upon the hearing of this case, all the evidence had been given to the court, and the counsel on each side had concluded their argument, and the court was about to deliver their opinion, when the counsel of Thomas Trimble demanded an issue to try the facts, about which the evidence had been given. The court was of opinion that the application came too late, and refused it, which was assigned for error.
1Per curiam
Trial by jury is a constitutional right which cannot be waived by implication. The inquiry involved facts which were peculiarly proper for a jury, and of -which the party may not have been fully apprised, till the case had been fully developed by the evidence. It could not sooner be known that the facts are disputed. His application for an issue, therefore, was not precluded by any prior election.
Decree reversed and cause remitted, with direction to arvard an issue.
2Cited by8 opinions
- Cutler's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
- Reigart's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1844
- Dickerson & Haven's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1847
- Feist v. Prince, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Schuylkill County1873
- Reigel's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1881
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