Ely v. Karmany
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the decree of the Common Pleas of Lebanon county. Appeal by John Ely from the judgment of the Common Pleas of Lebanon county, directing the entry of a judgment to be stricken from the record. Henry G. Clark gave a note, as follows:— $2030.69. Mt.
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Appeal from the decree of the Common Pleas of Lebanon county. Appeal by John Ely from the judgment of the Common Pleas of Lebanon county, directing the entry of a judgment to be stricken from the record. Henry G. Clark gave a note, as follows:— $2030.69. Mt. Joy Tp., Lancaster Co., Dec. 20, 1851. One day after date, for value received, I promise to pay John Ely, or bearer, two thousand thirty dollars and sixty-nine cents, with interest, without defalcation, and I do hereby confess judgment on the above sum with costs of suit, a release of all errors, and stay of execution until the day of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Lewis, J.
The instrument on which the judgments were entered is, in construction of law, a power given to the prothonotary. He has no better right than an attorney-at-law to enter two judgments under a single warrant. The entry of the first judgment exhausts the power, and in this case the Court committed' no error in vacating the second.
Judgment affirmed.
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