Phillips ex rel. Lippincott v. Israel
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This case was argued by E. S. Sergeant and Chauncey, for the plaintiff, and Gordon and J. R. Ingersoll, were to have argued for the defendants, but the court without hearing them gave the following opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curium.
The defendants were managers of a lottery, under the authority of an act of assembly, for the benefit of the Universalist Church, and gave bond to the governor of the commonwealth, for the faithful performance of their duty, in the penalty of 50,000 dollars. A suit was brought on this bond, for the use of one Samuel Grant, in which judgment was entered for the penalty, which was to stand as a security for all persons who drew7 prizes in the lottery. A scire facias was issued on this judgment for the use of Benjamin J. Phillips, who drew a prize of 10,000 dollars. This suit was…
2Cited by1 opinion
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