Kauffelt v. Leber
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of York county. This was an action of debt by Jacob Leber, administrator of Nicholas Leber, against John Kauffelt and Jacob Kauffelt, founded upon a bond in the penalty of $1000, with the following condition annexed:— “ Whereas the said Jacob Kauffelt, administrator of the estate of Michael Kauffelt, did sell the remaining part of the real estate, being a tract of land of 120 acres and 142 perches and allowance, of which a part thereof is situate,…
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ERROR to the Common Pleas of York county. This was an action of debt by Jacob Leber, administrator of Nicholas Leber, against John Kauffelt and Jacob Kauffelt, founded upon a bond in the penalty of $1000, with the following condition annexed:— “ Whereas the said Jacob Kauffelt, administrator of the estate of Michael Kauffelt, did sell the remaining part of the real estate, being a tract of land of 120 acres and 142 perches and allowance, of which a part thereof is situate, lying and being within the manor of Springetsbury, and patented by Thomas Cadwallader, as by deed, bearing date the 18th…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
The merits of this case were considered on the hearing of the former writ of error between the same parties, reported 5 Watts & Serg. 440. On the present trial, various exceptions to evidence and to the answers of the court were taken in the court below, and have been assigned for error, of which only a few have been relied upon in the argument, and therefore I shall confine my attention to them.
1. The first of these exceptions is to the admission of the ex parte affidavit of Zachariah Hengst, filed by him on the 19th March 1831, to prevent…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Leber v. KauffeltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1843
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