Bratton v. Seymour
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Alleghany county. Appeal from a justice. This suit was originated by the justice in the name of J. & T. J. Seymour against James Bratton, and when the same came into the common pleas, on motion of the plaintiffs it was amended so as to-be S. & T. J. Seymour. To which the defendant objected, and took an exception.
1Per curiam
—An initial letter interposed betwixt the Christian and surname is no part of either. Franklin v. Talmadge, 5 Johns. 84. It is evidently no part of the surname, for it is supposed to be the exponent of an appellative received in baptism ; and it is no part of the Christian name, for no person can have more than one Christian name. Rex v. Newman, 1 Lord Raym. 562. Two or more Christian names may undoubtedly be compounded so as to form, in contemplation of law, but, one ; and then a transposition of the parts, or, for the same reason it would seem, a change or an omission of a part, is a change…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Franklin v. TalmadgeNew York Supreme Court · 1809
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