Harris' Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Common Pleas No. 2, of Philadelphia County, No. 32, January Term, 1883. This was an appeal by Henry G. Harris, a garnishee, from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, dismissing his exceptions to the taxation of costs. In the case of Wainwright and Bryant vs. Moores et al. defendants, H. G. Harris et al., garnishees.
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Appeal from the Common Pleas No. 2, of Philadelphia County, No. 32, January Term, 1883. This was an appeal by Henry G. Harris, a garnishee, from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, dismissing his exceptions to the taxation of costs. In the case of Wainwright and Bryant vs. Moores et al. defendants, H. G. Harris et al., garnishees. At the time of the service of the attachment, Moores were building houses, and had borrowed from Harris large sums, upon the security of mortgages on the houses. They failed before the houses were completed. The properties were sold by the Sheriff. Harris…
1Opinion of the Court
The Supreme Court affirmed the decree of the Common Pleas on February 5th, 1883, in the following opinion :
2Per curiam
All the specifications of error relate to the taxation of costs in a case in which there was a verdict and judgment against the appellant. The complaint is for taxing some against him and for refusing to tax others against the plaintiff in the judgment. If the defendant suffered any legal wrong in the taxation of costs, it cannot be rectified by an appeal. An appeal does not lie; McCauley’s Appeal, 86 Pa., 187.
Appeal quashed.
3Cases cited1 opinion
- McCauley's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1878