Reed v. Penrose's Executors
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. On the 7th day of October, 1856, judgment was recovered in the Court of Common Pleas of Erie county, by Charles B. Pen-rose, against the Erie Canal Company, for $13,252.99. A writ of jfieri facias was issued on the same day, directed to the sheriff of Erie county, which was, on the 30th day of October, 1856, returned “ nulla hona.”
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Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. On the 7th day of October, 1856, judgment was recovered in the Court of Common Pleas of Erie county, by Charles B. Pen-rose, against the Erie Canal Company, for $13,252.99. A writ of jfieri facias was issued on the same day, directed to the sheriff of Erie county, which was, on the 30th day of October, 1856, returned “ nulla hona.” On the 30th of December, 1856, this judgment was transferred to the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, upon a transcript of the record of said judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Erie county. On…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Lowrie, C. J.
— When we directed the affirmance of the judgment in this case, we were entirely clear on most of the points discussed on the argument, and they seemed to us so simple, that we did not deem it necessary to add anything to the opinion of the court below, relative to them. On two points we had some hesitation, because two of our brethren (Justices Thompson and Read,) having been of counsel in the cause, did not sit at the argument, and only two of the remaining three of us were in favor of affirming them. Hence, we did not think that any reasons that we could assign for…
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