Orban v. Makarczyk

Opinion by

Arnold, J.,

Plaintiff recovered a judgment before an alderman in Luzerne County in the amount of $176.25 for wages. Defendant attempted to appeal.

The Act of 1870, P. L. 269, is a special act applying only to the County of Luzerne, and does not appear in Purdon’s Statutes. It reads: “Section 1. . . . That in all cases of appeals by defendants from the judgment of justices of the peace and aldermen in the county of Luzerne, obtained in any suit brought, . . . for the recovery of wages . . . the said defendant . . . shall, before any such appeal be granted, declare, on oath ... in…