English v. Hager
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL EROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE LYCOMING COUNTY. No. 209 [and 208] July Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 18 December Term 1886, C. P. On September 9,1886, a judgment for $106.96 was entered in tbe court below in favor of Amzi H. English against Jacob Hager, by statement and confession upon a note under seal with warrant of attorney, made and delivered by Hager to English on January 24, 1885, for $102.03. A fieri facias having been issued, on September 17, 1886,…
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APPEAL EROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE LYCOMING COUNTY. No. 209 [and 208] July Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 18 December Term 1886, C. P. On September 9,1886, a judgment for $106.96 was entered in tbe court below in favor of Amzi H. English against Jacob Hager, by statement and confession upon a note under seal with warrant of attorney, made and delivered by Hager to English on January 24, 1885, for $102.03. A fieri facias having been issued, on September 17, 1886, the defendant Hager presented his petition setting forth in substance: That he had been dealing at the store of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Paxson :
This was an appeal by the plaintiff from an order of the court below opening a judgment which he held against Jacob Hager. The plaintiff kept a country store; the defendant was a farmer, and the judgment note in question was given in settlement of their mutual accounts.
*539After the judgment was opened, the case went to trial, and the jury found a verdict in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff then appealed from the order opening the judgment and also took his writ of error to the jury trial. He assigned for error, first, the opening of the judgment, and second,…
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