Rand v. King
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY E. B. LONG, ADMR., PROM THE COURT MON PLEAS OP LUZERNE COUNTY. OP COM- No. 131 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 220 January Term 1887, C. P. On November 27, 1876, judgment in default of an appearance by the defendant was entered for $1,117.75, in favor of Mary A. Rand, administratrix of the estate of George W. Rand, deceased, in an action of debt brought upon a note signed by the defendant.
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APPEAL BY E. B. LONG, ADMR., PROM THE COURT MON PLEAS OP LUZERNE COUNTY. OP COM- No. 131 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 220 January Term 1887, C. P. On November 27, 1876, judgment in default of an appearance by the defendant was entered for $1,117.75, in favor of Mary A. Rand, administratrix of the estate of George W. Rand, deceased, in an action of debt brought upon a note signed by the defendant. The attorney appearing of record for the plaintiff was Mr. Q. A. Gates. On October 25, 1881, the death of the defendant was suggested upon the record and Mr. Q. A. Gates, who had…
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Me. Justice Williams:
The contents of the paper-books, and the character of the oral suggestions made in this case, and some others at the present term, lead us to believe that it is desirable to call attention once more to the difference between the several modes of. review in use in this state.
Prior to the act of May 9, 1889, there were three of these in common use, and the peculiar characteristics of each were well understood by the profession. That most generally employed was the writ of error, which lay against any final judgment in any court of record, and against such…
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