Moneghan v. Twp. of Conyngham

Opinion delivered by

Elwell, P. J.

The plaintiff having a demand of about fifteen hundred dollars against Conyngham township, for goods sold and delivered upon upwards of two hundred orders drawn by the overseers of the poor for the support of paupers, instituted fifty-four suits before a justice of the .peace at one time, by summons returnable on the same day. On the return day, he claimed in each suit, for goods sold and delivered, and specified the number of the order on which they were delivered and the person therein named as payee. He obtained judgment in each of the fifty-four cases, for…