Bank of Pennsylvania v. Reed
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Mifflin county. The Bank of Pennsylvania against William Reed and James Thompson, surviving partners of William Reed & Co. The case and points are very fully stated in the opinion of the court. The cause was argued by
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J. —
This was a scire facias, to renew and to continue the lien of a judgment of November term 1836, to which the defendants pleaded payment, with leave, &c. The defendants alleging that they had a defence, moved the court to open the judgment; whereupon, March 5th 1840, on hearing the motion, the court discharged the rule; the plaintiff having agreed that the defendants shall have liberty to give every matter and thing in evidence in the scire facias suits, which they might or could have on the original judgment, if the rule had been made…
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