Legal Opinion

Claasen v. Shaw

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 15, 1836PublishedCited by 9 opinions

ERROR to Westmoreland county. Samuel Shaw for the use of Charles Winel against Peter Claasen. “Peter Claasen, late of said county, yeoman, was summoned to answer Samuel Shaw, who sued for the use of Charles Winel and Sarah, his wife, late Sarah Earner, of a plea that he render unto the said plaintiffs the sum of 41 dollars and 74 cents, lawful money, which, to him he owed and unjustly detains; and hereupon the said plaintiffs complain, for that whereas, one.

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ERROR to Westmoreland county. Samuel Shaw for the use of Charles Winel against Peter Claasen. “Peter Claasen, late of said county, yeoman, was summoned to answer Samuel Shaw, who sued for the use of Charles Winel and Sarah, his wife, late Sarah Earner, of a plea that he render unto the said plaintiffs the sum of 41 dollars and 74 cents, lawful money, which, to him he owed and unjustly detains; and hereupon the said plaintiffs complain, for that whereas, one. James Claasen and one Thomas Johnston, before and at the time of the making of the writing obligatory o.f the said Peter, herein after…

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*472The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Rogers, J.

The eighteenth section of the act of the 20th of March 1810, authorizes a constable who levies an execution, issued from a justice of the peace, to take a bond, in the following, or like words, viz: We, A. B. and C. D., or either of us, are held, and firmly bound with E. F., constable, in the sum of---, upon condition that the said A. B. shall deliver unto E. F. aforesaid, the following goods and chattels-, on the-day of-, at the house of --, which is taken in execution at the s -it of G-. H. against A. B., or pay the amount of the said…

2Cited by9 opinions

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  2. Whitsett v. WomackSupreme Court of Alabama · 1845
  3. State ex rel. v. PurcellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1888
  4. Stephenson v. Monmouth Min. & Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1897
  5. Munter & Faber v. ReeseSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878

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