Legal Opinion

Seidenstriker v. Buffum

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 28, 1850PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Error to the Common Pleas of Allegheny county. Buffum & Co., in May, 1849, brought suit against Hutchison before an alderman, from whose judgment defendant appealed to the Common Pleas, and plaintiff again procured a judgment on award of arbitrators. Plaintiff issued a scire facias against Seidenstriker, who was bail for Hutchison before the alderman.

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Error to the Common Pleas of Allegheny county. Buffum & Co., in May, 1849, brought suit against Hutchison before an alderman, from whose judgment defendant appealed to the Common Pleas, and plaintiff again procured a judgment on award of arbitrators. Plaintiff issued a scire facias against Seidenstriker, who was bail for Hutchison before the alderman. Defendant plead nul tiel record. ' May 19,1850, after argument, judgment ■for plaintiff for twenty dollars, the penalty, to be released on payment of costs. The proceedings, in part, were to the following effect: June 1, plaintiff appears and…

1Opinion of the Court

— Per Curiam.

— This recognizance is within the rule of the conservative decisions. It is a note of the substance, from which a formal recognizance may be made up, and supports the plaintiff’s part of the issue, taken on the plea of nul tiel record.

Judgment affirmed.

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Winchester v. RichSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
  2. Commonwealth v. GouldSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1912

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