Bevan v. Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS was an action of debt brought by Matthew L. Bevan and others, trading under the firm of Bevan and Humphreys, against The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania on a policy of insurance on freight per ship Liberty, tried before Judge Sergeant at Nisi Prius in November 1842, in which on motion of the defendants, after a large mass of evidence had been gone through on the part of the plaintiffs, the court granted a nonsuit, and now the case came up by writ of…
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THIS was an action of debt brought by Matthew L. Bevan and others, trading under the firm of Bevan and Humphreys, against The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania on a policy of insurance on freight per ship Liberty, tried before Judge Sergeant at Nisi Prius in November 1842, in which on motion of the defendants, after a large mass of evidence had been gone through on the part of the plaintiffs, the court granted a nonsuit, and now the case came up by writ of error, and was argued by
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
By the 7th section of the Act of 26th July 1842, establishing the Nisi Prius Court, the provisions of the 7th section (among others) of the Act of 11th March 1836 are extended to original actions brought in the Supreme Court in the city and county of Philadelphia. The 7th section of the Act of 11th March 1836 enacts that whenever the defendant upon the trial of a cause in the District Court shall offer no evidence, it shall be lawful for the judge presiding at the trial to order a judgment of nonsuit to be entered, if in his opinion the…
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