Wood v. Earl
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was a writ of error to the.District Court, for the City and County of Philadelphia, in an amicable action, in which David C. Wood, the plaintiff in error was plaintiff, and the defendant in error, Clayton Earl, defendant. It was submitted to referees under the act of 1705, by an agreement dated July 25th, 1821, and filed August 6tfi, of the same year.
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This was a writ of error to the.District Court, for the City and County of Philadelphia, in an amicable action, in which David C. Wood, the plaintiff in error was plaintiff, and the defendant in error, Clayton Earl, defendant. It was submitted to referees under the act of 1705, by an agreement dated July 25th, 1821, and filed August 6tfi, of the same year. On the 6th of December, 1826, the referees filed their report, in the following words: “ We the undersigned, having heard the parties, examined their accounts and vouchers, do award to David C. Wood, plaintiff, one hundred and nineteen…
1Per curiam
Were the precise point in Young v. Reuben, 1 Dall. 119. now before us, that case would not be recognized as a precedent. There has been since its day, a progressive liberality in the interpretation of awards, which has placed them on a level with other writings. But the award here is of a sum presently due, the reference to a day past evidently being for purposes of calculation. As to the supposed reservation of debts due on the books, that was evidently to show that the manager was not charged with them, and that they were to be collected by the owner of the works for his own use. The award…
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