Ross v. Hudson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 63, Oct. T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Chester Co., Aug. T., 1896, No. 79, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for the unlawful issuing by the defendant, a justice of the peace, of a warrant for the arrest of the plaintiff and procuring his arrest and retention for nonpayment of tax. Before Waddell, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $100. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 63, Oct. T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Chester Co., Aug. T., 1896, No. 79, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for the unlawful issuing by the defendant, a justice of the peace, of a warrant for the arrest of the plaintiff and procuring his arrest and retention for nonpayment of tax. Before Waddell, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $100. Defendant appealed. Error assigned among others was in the answer to and disaffirmance of defendant’s first point, which point and answer are as follows: “ The…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The defendant, a duly commissioned and acting justice of the peace, on complaint in writing of a collector of taxes, issued a warrant authorizing a constable named therein to levy "the amount of a tax assessed against the plaintiff the language of the writ being as follows: “ in case goods and chattels sufficient to satisfy the said tax with costs cannot be found, you are hereby authorized to take the body of the said J. W. Ross and convey him to the jail of the proper county, there to remain until the *554amount of said tax with, costs shall be paid or secured to be paid, or…
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