Franciscus v. Reigart
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the district court of Lancaster county. This was an action of replevin by George Franciseus against Emanuel C. Reigart, for personal property of the plaintiff, which had been distrained for rent by the defendant; to which the defendant avowed as follows: “And the said Emanuel C. Reigart, by William Norris, his attorney, comes and, defends the wrong, &c. and injury, &e. and when, &c.
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ERROR to the district court of Lancaster county. This was an action of replevin by George Franciseus against Emanuel C. Reigart, for personal property of the plaintiff, which had been distrained for rent by the defendant; to which the defendant avowed as follows: “And the said Emanuel C. Reigart, by William Norris, his attorney, comes and, defends the wrong, &c. and injury, &e. and when, &c. And as the bailiff of John B. Newman, well acknowledges the taking of the said goods and chattels, in the said declaration mentioned, in the said place, which, &c. justly, &c. Because he saith that the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
—Although the counsel for the plaintiff in error have assigned, numerically, no less than twenty-seven errors, yet they have, in their argument, reduced the number to five, which they rely on as being sufficient to obtain a reversal of the judgment.
1. That the court, on the trial of the cause, erred in permitting the defendant to exhibit a title different from that mentioned in his cognizance as bailiff of John B. Newman.
%. In not instructing the jury that the judgment in the action of partition in 1830 invested the parties thereto with the…
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