Johnson v. Hessel
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEFENDANTS FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 3 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 145 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below No. 669 March Term 1888, C. P. No. 3. On May 4, 1889, Moses T. Johnson, to the use of Clinton S. Fritz, brought assumpsit against Henry Hessel, the Real Estate, Title, Insurance and Trust Company, and others, upon a recognizance taken and acknowledged before the prothonotary of the Supreme Court on July 5, 1888, on the purchase of a writ of…
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APPEAL BY DEFENDANTS FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 3 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 145 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below No. 669 March Term 1888, C. P. No. 3. On May 4, 1889, Moses T. Johnson, to the use of Clinton S. Fritz, brought assumpsit against Henry Hessel, the Real Estate, Title, Insurance and Trust Company, and others, upon a recognizance taken and acknowledged before the prothonotary of the Supreme Court on July 5, 1888, on the purchase of a writ of error, and of the form following: “We, Henry Hessel, the Real Estate, Title, Insurance and Trust Company, of. Philadelphia,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Sterrett:
This action is on the defendant’s recognizance in error, taken in this court July 5, 1888, under the following circumstances, substantially as set forth in the plaintiff’s statement of claim, viz.: In May, 1888, in an amicable action of ejectment in the court below, judgment was entered in favor of the present plaintiff against one John P. Rossi ter, on which judgment a habere facias possessionem was forthwith issued. To that writ the sheriff made return “ that he found a portion of the premises in the possession of one Henry Hessel, who claimed by title paramount…
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