Galbraith v. Green
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. The writ of error, in this case, was to the District Court for the city and county of Lancaster, and was returnable to May term, 1823. It was filed in the office of the prothonotary of the District Court on the 3d of December, 1822, and returned to the office of the prothonotary of the Supreme Court on thé 19th of May, 1820. The suit was brought in 1818, and tried in September, 1821, and a verdict was found for the defendants in error, the plaintiffs below.
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IN ERROR. The writ of error, in this case, was to the District Court for the city and county of Lancaster, and was returnable to May term, 1823. It was filed in the office of the prothonotary of the District Court on the 3d of December, 1822, and returned to the office of the prothonotary of the Supreme Court on thé 19th of May, 1820. The suit was brought in 1818, and tried in September, 1821, and a verdict was found for the defendants in error, the plaintiffs below. A motion was made for á new trial, and argued and refused in December, 1822.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the eourt was delivered by
Til cum an, C. J.
The counsel for the plaintiffs in error have suggested diminution in the record, and moved the court for a certiorari, to be directed to Charles Smith, Esq. late judge of the District Court for the city and county of Lancaster, commanding him to return certain bills of exceptions taken by the defendants, when the cause was tried in the District Court, before the said Charles Smith, Esq., with sundry papers appertaining to the said bills of exceptions. This case is attended with very peculiar circumstances. The bills of exceptions are…
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