Reams v. Yeager
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 110, Oct. T., 1905, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Clearfield Co., May T., 1903, No. 217, for plaintiff on case stated in suit of David Reams v. D. B. Yeager. Case stated on certificate of justice of-the peace.
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Appeal, No. 110, Oct. T., 1905, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Clearfield Co., May T., 1903, No. 217, for plaintiff on case stated in suit of David Reams v. D. B. Yeager. Case stated on certificate of justice of-the peace. Smith, P. J., filed the following opinion: This case came into the court on certificate from E. Fred Yosburg, Esq., justice of the peace at DuBois, Pennsylvania, said case having arisen before said justice by summary proceedings to obtain possession, under the act of June 16, 1836, as amended by Act of May 24, 1878, P. L. 134. Said amendment act of May 24, 1878,…
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Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
This appeal is taken from the judgment of the court below upon a case stated, in which the assignments of error relate to the action of the court, first, in entering judgment in favor of the plaintiff and not in favor of the defendant, and, second, “ in *524holding that a justice of the peace and six jurors constitute a legal tribunal.”
In the case stated it appears that the writ issued by the justice of the peace commanded the sheriff “ to summon six jurors, as well as said D. B. Yeager, to try the facts set forth in the petition, as provided by law.” It is also set forth as…
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