Evans v. Mengel
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to Common Pleas of Berks county. June 16. This case has been twice before this court upon former writs of error, and came up again upon the testimony of the same witnesses. The different aspect under which the case now presented itself, arose from the proof of an' additional fact, which' is fully explained and stated in the opinion of the court.
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Error to Common Pleas of Berks county. June 16. This case has been twice before this court upon former writs of error, and came up again upon the testimony of the same witnesses. The different aspect under which the case now presented itself, arose from the proof of an' additional fact, which' is fully explained and stated in the opinion of the court. For a report of the leading facts in this case, and the on decisions on questions of law, arising upon the answers and charges of the court below, on the former writs of error, see 6 Watts, 72, and 1 Barr, 68.
1Opinion of the CourtSergeant, J.
The questions of law in this case, arising upon the answers and charges of the court, have already been fully examined and decided in the two former writs of error, reported in 6 Watts, 72, and 1 Barr, 68; and it is therefore unnecessary to repeat them, as they do not present themselves with any new feature on the present occasion. The only matter that raised a doubt on the last writ of error was, as to the proof of a fact, that is to say, whether or not the testimony given by Abraham Mengel sufficiently showed that Edward Davies, at the meeting which took place on the 17th of July, 1816,…
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- Evans v. MengelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1837