Cook v. Grant
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland county Scire facias of a mortgage on four tracts of land therein specified, dated 23d of May, 1814, given by George Grant to William Cook, to secure payment of three bonds, amounting together to sixteen thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents, the first payable on the 1st of May, 1815; the second, on the 1st of May, 1816; the third, on the 1st of May, 1817, all bearing interest from…
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IN ERROR. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland county Scire facias of a mortgage on four tracts of land therein specified, dated 23d of May, 1814, given by George Grant to William Cook, to secure payment of three bonds, amounting together to sixteen thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents, the first payable on the 1st of May, 1815; the second, on the 1st of May, 1816; the third, on the 1st of May, 1817, all bearing interest from the 1st of May, 1814. On this mortgage several payments had been made, and there were some judgments remaining a lien upon…
1Opinion of the Court 1
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Gibson, C. J.
William Grant was undoubtedly a competent witness. He had divested himself of all interest, and this is all ■ that is necessary to be said in regard to the first point.
As the cause is to be tried again, it will be more useful to point out the principles on which it depends, and which appear to have been misconstrued, than to enter into an analytical examination of -the errors assigned in the opinion1 of the judge on the points made •‘below; and, for this purpose, it is necessary to trace the features of the case as it appeared on the…
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Huber v. BurkeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1824
3Cited by2 opinions
- Stewart v. KearneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1837
- Monroe ex rel. Clark v. WallaceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1830