Wetherill v. Stillman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton county: No. 362, to January Term 1870. This was an action of debt, commenced February 4th 1868, by Granville S. P. Stillman against Samuel Wetherill, Alve E. Laing and Howard E. Laing. Wetherill only was summoned. The cause of action was a judgment against the defendants in favor of the plaintiff,, in . the Court of Common Pleas of the city and county of New York.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton county: No. 362, to January Term 1870. This was an action of debt, commenced February 4th 1868, by Granville S. P. Stillman against Samuel Wetherill, Alve E. Laing and Howard E. Laing. Wetherill only was summoned. The cause of action was a judgment against the defendants in favor of the plaintiff,, in . the Court of Common Pleas of the city and county of New York. On the 16th of April 1868 the plaintiff filed a certified copy of the record in the suit in New York. The material parts of the certificate are as follows: — ■ “ Know ye, that we,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, July 7th 1870, by
Thompson, C. J.
The question here and as it was below is mainly as to the sufficiency of the affidavit of defence filed below.
The plaintiff’s cause of action was upon a judgment against the defendant and others in the Common Pleas of the city and county of New York. The record of that judgment was certified and filed in the court below, as the copy of plaintiff’s claim, accompanied by his affidavit of indebtedness on part of the defendant, as required by the rules of court of Northampton county. The affidavit of defence may be stated in…
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