Womelsdorf v. Heifner
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Eeror to the Court of Common Pleas of Huntingdon county: Of January Term 1883, No. 208. This was, in the court, below, an appeal from the judgment of a justice of the peace. The following transcript was filed April 10th 1882: Joseph JIeifnek v. Daniel Womelsdokf. Civil suit or claim not exceeding $100 — Dissember the 14th, 1881 summons issued to John Thomson, Constable, Returnable Dissember the 20th, 1881, between the hours of- 10 and 11 o’clock, a. m.
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Eeror to the Court of Common Pleas of Huntingdon county: Of January Term 1883, No. 208. This was, in the court, below, an appeal from the judgment of a justice of the peace. The following transcript was filed April 10th 1882: Joseph JIeifnek v. Daniel Womelsdokf. Civil suit or claim not exceeding $100 — Dissember the 14th, 1881 summons issued to John Thomson, Constable, Returnable Dissember the 20th, 1881, between the hours of- 10 and 11 o’clock, a. m. Dissember the 15th, 1881, Constable returned on oath on Defendant the original summons personally by reading it to him and informing him of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
We think the court below erred in striking off the appeal from the justice. It is true the recognizance as originally taken was defective, if we regard the case as coming within the Act of 20th April 1876, P. L. 43, which requires bail for the debt and costs upon appeals from judgments rendered “for wages of manual labor.” This error in the recognizance was discovered by counsel for appellant on the day the appeal was filed, and a rule was at once taken to perfect the recognizance. The court below granted leave to amend; the additional recog*4nizancs was filed, and subsequently tlie plaintiff’s…
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