Davis & Pugh v. Bigler & Son
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
May 17th 1869. Before- Thompson, C. J., Agnew, Shahs-wood and Williams, JJ. Read, J., absent. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin county; No. 27, to May Term 1869. This was an action of replevin, commenced October 22d 1866 by James A. Davis and Joseph B. Pugh, partners as Davis & Pugh, against Samuel S. and Caspar S. Bigler, partners as Bigler & Son, for a raft of timber containing about 5000 feet. The plea was “ property.”
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May 17th 1869. Before- Thompson, C. J., Agnew, Shahs-wood and Williams, JJ. Read, J., absent. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin county; No. 27, to May Term 1869. This was an action of replevin, commenced October 22d 1866 by James A. Davis and Joseph B. Pugh, partners as Davis & Pugh, against Samuel S. and Caspar S. Bigler, partners as Bigler & Son, for a raft of timber containing about 5000 feet. The plea was “ property.” The evidence for the plaintiff was, that George Griffith, in October 1865, agreed to cut from his own land and deliver to Ebenezer McMasters, at Smith’s Dam, on…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered,
by Sharswood, J.
The main contest in the court below was upon questions of fact. The original owner of the raft and his alleged vendee, were both examined as witnesses, the parties to the suit being purchasers from them respectively. Their testimony was *247conflicting upon the most important questions in issue, — the fact of a sale and delivery — the retention of possession by the vendor if there was a sale, and the explanation of the marks on the logs. It is not the province of a court of error to review the verdict. The responsibility of that rests with…
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