Rheem v. Carlisle Deposit Bank
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county: No. 20, Of May Term 1874. This was an action of assumpsit, brought March 9th 1871, by the Carlisle Deposit Bank against Jacob Rkeern, endorser of the following draft, of which the plaintiff was the holder:— “$1200. Philadelphia, November 17th 1870. Forty days after date pay to the order of myself at the Union Banking Company, Philadelphia, twelve hundred dollars, value received, charge the same to account of Wm. Leeds.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county: No. 20, Of May Term 1874. This was an action of assumpsit, brought March 9th 1871, by the Carlisle Deposit Bank against Jacob Rkeern, endorser of the following draft, of which the plaintiff was the holder:— “$1200. Philadelphia, November 17th 1870. Forty days after date pay to the order of myself at the Union Banking Company, Philadelphia, twelve hundred dollars, value received, charge the same to account of Wm. Leeds. Union Drove Yard, West Philadelphia. Accepted — Henry Glass. Endorsed by William Leeds, Jacob Thudium, William Leeds,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sharswood
It is very important that the Acts of Assembly providing for the observance of the Lord’s day, commonly called Sunday, should be enforced according to their true spirit and meaning. We are *137not called upon to discuss the policy of these statutes, but the legislature in the unquestionable exercise of their constitutional power have enacted that one day in seven, the first day of the week, shall be a day of rest, when all worldly employment and business shall be intermitted. By the Act of 1705, § 4, 1 Smith 25, no person or persons upon the first day of the week shall serve or execute or cause…
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