Carpenter v. Groff
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. ERROR to the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster COUüty. * . This was an action or debt on a bond given by Jacob Carpenter, the defendant below, to Christian Myer deceasec*’ and his daughter Barbara Groff, late Barbara Myer. A former action was brought on the same bond in the name of Christian Myer and Barbara Myer.
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In Error. ERROR to the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster COUüty. * . This was an action or debt on a bond given by Jacob Carpenter, the defendant below, to Christian Myer deceasec*’ and his daughter Barbara Groff, late Barbara Myer. A former action was brought on the same bond in the name of Christian Myer and Barbara Myer. Christian Myer died, anc[ his death having been suggested on the record, the suit was continued in the name ol Barbara Myer, until she mar-r‘e6 Christopher Groff, in consequence of which it abated, The present action was brought in the name of Groff and * ^ wife. Groff…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Tilghman C. J.
This is an action of debt, on a bond given by Jacob Carpenter, (the defendant below,) to Christian Myer deceased, and his daughter Barbara Groff, (late Barbara Myer.) A former action was brought on the same bond in the name of Christian Myer and Barbara Myer. Christian Myer died, and his death having been suggested on the record, the suit was continued in the name of Barbara Myer until she married Christopher Groff, in consequence of which it abated. The present action was then brought in the name of Groff and wife ; Groff died, and his…
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