Glass v. Stewart
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
The judgment rendered in the court below being brought up by writ of error, it appeared, that this was an action in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny county, brought by William Stewart, the plaintiff below, and defendant in error, against Isaac Glass, Sen., and Thomas Glass.
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The judgment rendered in the court below being brought up by writ of error, it appeared, that this was an action in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny county, brought by William Stewart, the plaintiff below, and defendant in error, against Isaac Glass, Sen., and Thomas Glass. The plaintiff declared that whereas the said William now. is a good, true, honest, upright, and virtuous citizen of this commonwealth, and as such hath always behaved and conducted himself, and until the committing of the several grievances by the said Isaac and Thomas, was always reputed, esteemed, and accepted by…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court, (Tilghman, C. J. being absent,) was delivered by, .
Duncan, J.
This case has been submitted to the court without public argument. The counsel have' furnished the court with the heads of the argument, and references to authorities in a very neat *224and compressed method, and which contain every thing material, and is indeed multum in parvo.
If the action is misconceived, the verdict cannot cure the defect. It is the duty of courts to preserve the boundaries of actions. The utmost confusion would obtain, if this was lost sight of, and the law would cease to be a science, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Shock v. M'ChesneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1808
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- Gibson v. ToddSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1829