Saunders v. Smith
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEFENDANTS FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 3 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 294 January Term 1890,. Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 181 September Term 1888, C. P. No. 3. On September 19, 1888, Oscar P. Saunders, and Oscar P. Saunders, executor of Sarah J. Saunders, deceased, brought debt against Edmund Smith and others, composing, on February 29, 1884, the board of inspectors of the Philadelphia county prison, “ to recover from them tbe sum of $1,847.30, with interest…
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APPEAL BY DEFENDANTS FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 3 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 294 January Term 1890,. Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 181 September Term 1888, C. P. No. 3. On September 19, 1888, Oscar P. Saunders, and Oscar P. Saunders, executor of Sarah J. Saunders, deceased, brought debt against Edmund Smith and others, composing, on February 29, 1884, the board of inspectors of the Philadelphia county prison, “ to recover from them tbe sum of $1,847.30, with interest and costs, by virtue of the statutes of Westminster 2d (13 Edw. I., ch. 11, and 1 Rich. II.,'ch. 13.) ” Issue. At the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opnion,
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson.
This was an action in the court below to test the liability of the inspectors of the county prison for the escape of one William Quigg, whoso discharge as an insolvent had been refused by the Court of Common Pleas No. 3, and who upon the same day surrendered himself to the jail of the city and county of Philadelphia, in compliance with the condition of his bond. In Saunders v. Quigg, 112 Pa. 546, we held that this surrender was good, and that his sureties were discharged. In Keim v. Saunders, 120 Pa. 121, we decided that there was an escape, but that the…
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- Saunders v. QuiggSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- Keim v. SaundersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
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