Yundt v. Roberts
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. ERROR to the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county, in which a bill of exceptions to the charge of Court below was returned with the record.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Duncan J.
The notes on which this action was brought are disputed on the ground of the illegality of the consideration. It was alleged, that they were given for tavern bills, *141and that if there were other considerations, the blending of the illegal with the legal considerations vitiates the whole. By the 3d section of the act of 26th August, 1721, it is provided, that no person keeping a public house shall give credit to any person whatsoever for liquors, or any other inn or tavern reckonings, in any sum exceeding 20 shillings, under the penalty of…
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