Tridell v. Munhall

ARCHBALD, District Judge.*

According to the Pennsylvania practice, it is largely for the trial judge to say what papers shall go out with the jury, and the sending out of a declaration, and of a mechanic’s claim with a bill of particulars attached, which amounts to the same thing, have been expressly sanctioned. Hall v. Rupley, 10 Pa. 231; Odd Fellows Hall v. Masser, 24 Pa. 507, 64 Am. Dec. 675. This may not be controlling on the federal courts, but it is at least suggestive, particularly as it is sustained by the general practice. Thus, in Shulse v. McWilliams, 104 Ind. 512, 3 N. E. 243, it…