Thomson v. Dougherty
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was an action of ejectment brought to recover possession of a house and lot situate on the north side of Cedar street in the city of Philadelphia. On the 4th of Jlpril, 1818, Robert Mercer, a man who had acquired considerable property by his own industry, entered into partnership, in the auction business, with John Steel, who had received a commission of auctioneer from the governor of the state. Steel was without any capital and his credit was not good.
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This was an action of ejectment brought to recover possession of a house and lot situate on the north side of Cedar street in the city of Philadelphia. On the 4th of Jlpril, 1818, Robert Mercer, a man who had acquired considerable property by his own industry, entered into partnership, in the auction business, with John Steel, who had received a commission of auctioneer from the governor of the state. Steel was without any capital and his credit was not good. By the articles of co-partnership, it was stipulated that Steel should within eighteen months pay oif all his private debts, and then…
1Opinion of the CourtDuNCAN, J.
The value of the property, though considerable, sinks into insignificance, when compared with the importance of the principles involved in this case. We may all feel compassion for the family of this unfortunate debtor,. the earnings of whose long and laborious life may be swept away by one disastrous con-nexion, the continuance of but a few months. Yet a just reflection will satisfy us that an adherence to firm and settled rules will more promote the general welfare, and the happiness of families, than bending to each particular case of hardship. The law’s ought not to be so framed, or so…
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