Biddis v. James
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. E iRROR to the Common Pleas of Wayne county. The action in the Court below, was brought by Otto fames against George Biddis administrator of yohn Biddis, to recover 10,000 dollars, the amount of a prize drawn by the plaintiff in a lottery made by the intestate in his life time, but not drawn till after his death. 7 , , , . - • , The act under which the lottery was formed, was passed on the 20th yanuary 1806, entitled “ An act “ fohn Biddis to vend his patent…
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IN ERROR. E iRROR to the Common Pleas of Wayne county. The action in the Court below, was brought by Otto fames against George Biddis administrator of yohn Biddis, to recover 10,000 dollars, the amount of a prize drawn by the plaintiff in a lottery made by the intestate in his life time, but not drawn till after his death. 7 , , , . - • , The act under which the lottery was formed, was passed on the 20th yanuary 1806, entitled “ An act “ fohn Biddis to vend his patent rights, for manufacturing “ potatoe starch, sago and hair powder, and for opening or “ reducing offcast woollen clothing to…
1Opinion of the Court
Tjxghman C. J.
The record contains two bills of exceptions, the first relating to four several papers offered in evidence by the plaintiff and admitted by the Court, the second to the charge of the Court. These shall be considered in their order.
1. The first paper objected to was a copy of the act of assembly, printed by the public printer under the direction of the secretary of the Commonwealth, who was authorized by the legislature to compare the copy with the original roll. By the law of England, the copies of the public laws printed by the king’s printer, are read in court, not as…
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