Fox v. Northern Liberties
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS was a writ of error to the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, in which John Fox brought an action of trover-against the Commissioners and Inhabitants of the Kensington district, of the Northern Liberties, for the wrongful taking and conversion of a horse. The defendant pleaded as follows: " And the said, the Commissioners, áte., by their attorney, come, áte., and say, áte.
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THIS was a writ of error to the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, in which John Fox brought an action of trover-against the Commissioners and Inhabitants of the Kensington district, of the Northern Liberties, for the wrongful taking and conversion of a horse. The defendant pleaded as follows: " And the said, the Commissioners, áte., by their attorney, come, áte., and say, áte. Because they say that the said trespass in the declaration aforesaid mentioned, was done and committed against the said John, by one Eliakim Hillman, and that the said John Fox, after the said…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
This action, which is trover, was brought in the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, by the plaintiff in error, against the defendants, to recover the value of a horse, the property of the plaintiff, which, as he alleges, the defendants converted to their own use. The- defendants, by their attorney, pleaded, that the trespass mentioned in the declaration of the plaintiff, was committed by one Eliakim Hillman, and that the plaintiff, after the said trespass was committed as aforesaid, impleaded the said Eliakim, by…
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