McHugh v. McHugh
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 54, Jan. T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., March T., 1895, No. 581, on verdict for plaintiff. Scire facias to revive judgment.
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Appeal, No. 54, Jan. T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., March T., 1895, No. 581, on verdict for plaintiff. Scire facias to revive judgment. Before Gunsteb, J. At the trial the following offers of evidence were made: By Mr. Kelley: Counsel for the plaintiff offer in evidence continuance docket No. 56, page 314, John J. Ward, assigned to John T. Fitzpatrick, v. Richard McHugh, No. 756, April term, 1891; being judgment on an exemplification of the record of judgment No. 711, November term, 1877, from the common pleas of Luzerne county, filed March 28, 1891, debt…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Feel,
Three of the specifications of error relate to the admission of testimony to show that the defendant, before a former trial of the same issue, had attempted to procure false testimony and corruptly to influence the jurors. The action was to revive a judgment obtained against the defendant’s deceased husband, of whose will she was the executrix. The defense was accord and satisfaction. In rebuttal the plaintiff offered to prove by two witnesses that, before the first trial, the defendant had attempted to induce them to appear as witnesses for her and to testify…
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