Soop v. Coats
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. In this case, which' was a writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county, the question was the same as in the preceding case, but the circumstances were different.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Tilghman, C. J.
The question in this case is, whether a plaintiff, who brought suit before a justice of the peace for a debt of forty-two dollars and four cents, and obtained judgment on the award of arbitrators, for nine dollars and seventy-five cents, is entitled to an appeal. The principle established in the case of Stoy’s Adminis-tratrix v. Yost, decided this day, is decisive. The act of assembly of the 20th of March, 1810, allows an appeal when the judgment of the justice exceeds twenty dollars. The construction of this act is, that where the debt…
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