Sleck v. King
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error, to the Common Pleas of Bedford county. June 11. This was an appeal to the Common Pleas, from the judgment of a justice of the peace, in a suit brought before him against William Sleck by Jacob H. King. The proceedings before the justice, as well as all the material facts in this case, are so fully stated in the opinion of this court delivered by Judge Burnside, that a repetition of them here would unnecessarily swell this report.
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Error, to the Common Pleas of Bedford county. June 11. This was an appeal to the Common Pleas, from the judgment of a justice of the peace, in a suit brought before him against William Sleck by Jacob H. King. The proceedings before the justice, as well as all the material facts in this case, are so fully stated in the opinion of this court delivered by Judge Burnside, that a repetition of them here would unnecessarily swell this report. The record was removed to this court by Sleck, the appellant and defendant below; who assigned for error here, that the court erred in granting the appeal.…
1Opinion of the CourtBurnside, J.
The justice’s record shows that King, on the 7th September, 1844, obtained a judgment by default for $84 debt, with costs, for work and labour done, &c. On the 9th of September, Sleek appeared before the justice, and alleged that he could not attend on the day of hearing, as he had to go to Bedford on that day to administer on his father’s estate, and requested the judgment to be opened. The justice agreed to open the judgment if both parties would meet; and he would give them a hearing. The justice then fixed the 21st of September, at 12 o’clock, to show cause why the judgment should not be…
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