Orr v. Worden

Per Curiam.:This was an action commenced before a justice of the peace, by Joseph Orr, upon an account which Worden had made with John Orr, and which was by him assigned to Joseph, without recourse.

The plaintiff had judgment before the justice. The defendant appealed to the Common Pleas, where, on motion, the case was dismissed. The reasons for the motion were filed in writing, which were, that the suit was based upon an assigned, open, unliquidated account, and that the same was not assignable so as to enable the assignee to sue in his own name.

The dismissal, it appears by an entry, was…