In re Rule on Kennedy
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR. TO THE COURT OF COMMON FLEAS OF FAYETTE COUNTY. No. 270 January Term 1888, Sup. Cfc.; court below, No. 191 September Term 1882, C. P. On September 25,1882, to tbe number and term of tbe court below referred to, there was entered a judgment of revival of judgment to No. 259 September Term 1877, for tbe sum oi $1,000, in favor of Elizabeth A. Walker (formerly Murtland),' and Joseph Walker, her husband, against Asa Huntley.
Read the full summary
ERROR. TO THE COURT OF COMMON FLEAS OF FAYETTE COUNTY. No. 270 January Term 1888, Sup. Cfc.; court below, No. 191 September Term 1882, C. P. On September 25,1882, to tbe number and term of tbe court below referred to, there was entered a judgment of revival of judgment to No. 259 September Term 1877, for tbe sum oi $1,000, in favor of Elizabeth A. Walker (formerly Murtland),' and Joseph Walker, her husband, against Asa Huntley. On September 3, 1872, Abner L. Lynn presented his petition representing: That at the above number and term, and on the above judgment, sixty dollars a year is payable…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Me. Justice Paxson :
This is a very small case, so small that it would have been better for all parties concerned had they kept it out of this court. The amount in controversy is but ten dollars, being a sum retained by the respondent as a fee for collecting a sum of money under the following circumstances :
The respondent had entered his appearance as attorney for the plaintiff in a judgment, Walker v. Huntley, No. 191 September Term 1882, in the Common Pleas of Fayette county. The interest on this judgment, $60 per annum, was paid to him for about four years, and all of it except the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Balsbaugh v. FrazerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1852
3Cited by8 opinions
- Union Building & Saving Ass'n v. SoderquistSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
- Balogh v. JacksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
- Murphy's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
- People's Savings Bank v. ChesleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1942
- Felton v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.