Taggart v. Cooper ex rel. Semple
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. THIS ivas a writ of error to the Common Pleas of Northumberland county. It was an action brought in the name of the defendant in error, the plaintiff below, as successor to Jacob Rush, president of the Orphan’s Court, for the use of Semple and wife, against the defendants, Taggart and Murray, upon a recognisance entered into in the Orphan’s Court of Northumberland county.
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In Error. THIS ivas a writ of error to the Common Pleas of Northumberland county. It was an action brought in the name of the defendant in error, the plaintiff below, as successor to Jacob Rush, president of the Orphan’s Court, for the use of Semple and wife, against the defendants, Taggart and Murray, upon a recognisance entered into in the Orphan’s Court of Northumberland county. The declaration was in debt for 22717. 14s. 6d. and stated, that “ whereas the said Robert Taggart and Wil- “ Ham Murray, on the twenty-ninth day of January, 1796, at “ the county aforesaid, before the judges of…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This is an action of debt in the name of Thomas Cooper, president of the Orphan’s Court of Nor~ thumberland county, on a recognisance entered into by Taggart and Murray, by order of the Orphan’s Court. There are two questions; 1. Whether the recognisance is valid in law, so far as concerns Murray ? 2. Whether the judgment be not erroneous, even if the recognisance is valid ?
1. It appears, that an inquisition was held, by order of the Orphan’s Court, for the purpose of appraising and making partition of lands of Thomas Taggart deceased. The inquest made an appraisement, and found…
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- Walton v. WillisSupreme Court of the United States · 1788
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