Wm. R. Hart & Co. v. Cooper
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY GEORGE P. COOPER PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OP DAUPHIN COUNTY. No. 22 May Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 800 January Term 1889, C. P. On November 22, 1888, William R. Hart & Co. brought trespass against George P. Cooper and Charles H. Reynolds, trading as Cooper, Reynolds & Co., to recover damages for the alleged fraudulent conversion to their own use by the defendants of certain pig iron belonging to the plaintiffs.
Read the full summary
APPEAL BY GEORGE P. COOPER PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OP DAUPHIN COUNTY. No. 22 May Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 800 January Term 1889, C. P. On November 22, 1888, William R. Hart & Co. brought trespass against George P. Cooper and Charles H. Reynolds, trading as Cooper, Reynolds & Co., to recover damages for the alleged fraudulent conversion to their own use by the defendants of certain pig iron belonging to the plaintiffs. The summons having been served upon George P. Cooper, but not on the other defendant, the plaintiffs on November 28, 1888, applied to Simonton, P. J., for a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Me. Chief Justice Paxson :
We are asked upon this writ of certiorari to review the proceedings of a warrant of arrest under the act of 1842. It is clear we cannot do so upon the merits. The certiorari brings up nothing but the record, of which the proceedings subsequent to the warrant form ho part. There is no provision in the act of 1842 that the proceedings, or any part of them, shall be filed of record. It follows that if the affidavit was sufficient to justify the warrant, the action of the court below must stand.
The affidavit of George T. Barnes, one of the plaintiffs below, upon…
2Cited by8 opinions
- Cooper v. William R. Hart & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Morch v. RaubitschekSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Miller v. SummersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
- C. M. Hapgood Shoe Co. v. SauppSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Commonwealth ex rel. Scott v. McAleeseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.