Sneively v. Weidman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. ERROR to the Common Pleas of Lebanon county. brought an action of assumpsit against Sneively, the defendant, for breach of warranty on the sale of a horse. The declaration contained three counts: Two upon the special warranty: The third for money had and received. The plaintiff laid his damages in the declara-' tion at 60 pounds.
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In Error. ERROR to the Common Pleas of Lebanon county. brought an action of assumpsit against Sneively, the defendant, for breach of warranty on the sale of a horse. The declaration contained three counts: Two upon the special warranty: The third for money had and received. The plaintiff laid his damages in the declara-' tion at 60 pounds. Issue was joined on the plea of non assumpit; and the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff on the first count, for 40 dollars, and all costs. Judgment was entered for 40 dollars, and full costs ; and it was now assigned for error, that judgment was entered…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
The case depends on the, acts of 19th April, 1794, and of 1st March, 1745. By the act of 19th April, 1794, the jurisdiction vested in justices of the peace, by “ An act for the more easy and speedy recovery of small “ debts,” passed the 1st March, 1745, is extended to u actions “ of debt and other demands” not exceeding twenty pounds, “ subject to the like relief to insolvent debtors, and every “ other regulation, restriction, and exception, in the same “ contained, as to costs of suit and otherwise, as if the same “‘were herein recapitulated and re-enacted, other than the “…
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