Campbell v. Pittsb. & W. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEPENDANT EROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE 0LARI0N COUNTY. No. 242 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 280 April Term 1888, C. P. On March 20,1888, Alfred Campbell and Catharine, his wife, in right of said wife, brought assumpsit against the Pittsburgh & Western Railway Company, filing a statement of claim alleging a right to recover from the defendant the sum of $1,100, with interest from February 8, 1887, and averring: “1. That at and prior to the ....…
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APPEAL BY DEPENDANT EROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE 0LARI0N COUNTY. No. 242 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 280 April Term 1888, C. P. On March 20,1888, Alfred Campbell and Catharine, his wife, in right of said wife, brought assumpsit against the Pittsburgh & Western Railway Company, filing a statement of claim alleging a right to recover from the defendant the sum of $1,100, with interest from February 8, 1887, and averring: “1. That at and prior to the .... day of.....1881, the plaintiff was the owner of a certain messuage and tract of land situate in the township of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Mitchell:
The plaintiff’s statement is defective in not exhibiting the full record of the suit in the Circuit Court of the United States, on which the right to recover against the present defendant depends. The procedure act of 1887, in express terms, requires the statement to be accompanied by copies of all notes, contracts, etc., and the excepted cases where “particular reference” to records is sufficient, are confined to records in the county where suit is brought. The importance of such copies is well exemplified in the present case. The decree of the Circuit Court…
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