Church's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from a decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne county: Of July Term 1882, No. 107. This was an appeal by Joseph Church from an order of the said court, awarding an attachment against him for non-payment of costs.
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Appeal from a decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne county: Of July Term 1882, No. 107. This was an appeal by Joseph Church from an order of the said court, awarding an attachment against him for non-payment of costs. The facts were as follows: On November 22d 1871, G. Stevens, et ah, heirs of Charlotte Stevens, filed a bill in equity against Joseph Church and Charlotte, his wife, praying for a conveyance of a piece of land in the city of Scranton on the ground that a trust existed. On February 5th 1877, a decree was entered in favor of the complainants, from which decree the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice' Tkunkey,
delivered the opinion of the court,
*265From the final decree the respondents appealed, and filed the certiorari in the court of common pleas on March 10th 1877. Afterwards and before the return-day of the writ, said decree was amended in the court below, and the record, setting forth the decree as amended, was certified and returned. That is the decree which was affirmed and remitted for enforcement, and whether there had been irregularities in the procedure for the amendment is a matter of no concern in the execution. The alleged irregularities -were prior to the final…
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