Hance's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was an appeal by Hance, who was the administrator of W. J. Richards, from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Venango county, distributing the proceeds of the sale of the real estate of William S. Smullen. The opinion of the, court below, which contains a full statement of the facts, was delivered by Church, President.
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This was an appeal by Hance, who was the administrator of W. J. Richards, from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Venango county, distributing the proceeds of the sale of the real estate of William S. Smullen. The opinion of the, court below, which contains a full statement of the facts, was delivered by Church, President. "From the report of the auditor, it appears that on the 8th of June, 1837, Andrew Hance, administrator of William J. Richards, deceased, obtained a judgment in this court against William S. Smullen, for penalty of $6000. Real debt $3000, payable by instalments of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
The facts are clearly stated, and the law accurately explained. Little need be added to the reasoning of the court.
The 'act of the 27th of March, 1837, made it the duty of the prothonotary to keep a docket, to be called the judgment docket, in which no case shall be entered until after there shall have been a judgment or award of arbitrators, and into which shall be copied the entry of every judgment and every award of arbitrators immediately after the same shall have been entered; which entries are directed to be so made, that one shall…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Crutcher v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1841
- M'Cleary's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1841