Legal Opinion

Frauenthal's Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 2, 1882PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne county : Of January Term 1881, No 227. This was an appeal by Samuel Frauenthal from a decree of the said court perpetually enjoining the appellant from collecting a judgment held by him against A. B. Weil. Bill in equity, whprein A. B. Weil was complainant and Samuel Frauenthal defendant.

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Appeal from a decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne county : Of January Term 1881, No 227. This was an appeal by Samuel Frauenthal from a decree of the said court perpetually enjoining the appellant from collecting a judgment held by him against A. B. Weil. Bill in equity, whprein A. B. Weil was complainant and Samuel Frauenthal defendant. The hill set forth, that the plaintiff Weil was indebted to the defendant, Frauenthal, on the first of March 1870, in the sum of about seven hundred dollars, for arrears of rent due from him as lessee of Frauenthal. That Frauenthal levied the same…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur

This is an appeal from a decree perpetually enjoining the appellant from collecting a judgment against the appellee.

The substantial ground for relief charged in the bill is that *294the verdict against the appellee, on -which judgment was entered, was obtained under an agreement that it should not be enforced against him. The answer of the appellant, inter alia, denies that any such agreement was made. The master found that the negotiations which led to the verdict were conducted by one counsel of each of the respective parties, openly in court where all were present; and that the appellant and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Simson v. HartCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1816
  2. Arden v. PattersonNew York Court of Chancery · 1821

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Appeal of GivenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
  2. Nantucket Express Lines, Inc. v. Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket Steamship AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
  3. Kowatch v. Home Building & Loan Ass'nSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  4. Wilson v. BuchananSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
  5. Haneman v. PileSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894

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