Cromelien v. Brink
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Pike county. This was an action of replevin by Rowland Cromelien, and Amelia his wife, against Henry Dewitt and Archibald Brink, brought 10th April, 1854, for 216 oak logs, 88 pine logs, 1300 railroad ties, 65 pieces of ship timber, and 248 cords of bark, of the value of $1166.50. The sheriff returned, replevied, and upon a claim property bond given, property redelivered to defendants.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Pike county. This was an action of replevin by Rowland Cromelien, and Amelia his wife, against Henry Dewitt and Archibald Brink, brought 10th April, 1854, for 216 oak logs, 88 pine logs, 1300 railroad ties, 65 pieces of ship timber, and 248 cords of bark, of the value of $1166.50. The sheriff returned, replevied, and upon a claim property bond given, property redelivered to defendants. The defendants pleaded non ceperunt, property in Henry S. Mott, absque hoe, and property in defendants, absque hoe. The “Samuel Depue” tract of land was sold for.taxes by the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Porter, J.
1. The first question is too clear for argument. If any presumption of law be reasonable, it is that which favours *524the regularity of judicial proceedings until something else appears; and the greater the tendency to irregularity, the greater the necessity for violence of presumption against it. This is all that saves our records. The bond required in this case was given. The court ought to have approved it. Without such action, the acknowledgment of the deed was improper; and before convicting the judges of impropriety, some evidence is…
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