Gregor v. Slingluff
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
THIS was an action on the case tried before Stroud, J., in which the plaintiff declared, that on the 3d of May 1834, he was sued by the administrator of one John Miller deceased, before the defendant, a justice of the peace for the county of Philadelphia, for a debt, &c. ; that on the 10th of May 1834, the defendant, ns justice of the peace, rendered a judgment against him for 16 dollars 96 cents ; that from this judgment he intended to appeal to the court, of common pleas,…
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THIS was an action on the case tried before Stroud, J., in which the plaintiff declared, that on the 3d of May 1834, he was sued by the administrator of one John Miller deceased, before the defendant, a justice of the peace for the county of Philadelphia, for a debt, &c. ; that on the 10th of May 1834, the defendant, ns justice of the peace, rendered a judgment against him for 16 dollars 96 cents ; that from this judgment he intended to appeal to the court, of common pleas, and for this purpose tendered sufficient, surety, which the defendant would not accept but maliciously refused to permit…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
StRoud, J.
(after stating the facts and disposing of the first *213point). — On the trial, the defendant’s counsel relied mainly on the second point. The language of the 4th section of the act. of assembly is, “ that if the party appellant shall enter bail to appeal within twenty days after judgment, such appeal shall be effectual in case the party appellant shall file the transcript of the record of the justice in the proihonotary’s office, on or before the first day of the next term of the court of common pleas of the proper county, after entering such…
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