Whitehill v. Gotwalt
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. This was a writ of error to the District Court of Lancaster county; and the record returned shewed that the suit was originally instituted in the name of George Christine and Andrew Gotwalt, for the use of George Christine, as plaintiffs below against John M. Whitehill, the plaintiff in error as defendant.
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IN ERROR. This was a writ of error to the District Court of Lancaster county; and the record returned shewed that the suit was originally instituted in the name of George Christine and Andrew Gotwalt, for the use of George Christine, as plaintiffs below against John M. Whitehill, the plaintiff in error as defendant. It is an action of covenant, brought for the breach of certain covenants alleged to be contained in a deed of conveyance of ten acres of land made by the plaintiff in error to George Christine and Andrew Gotwalt, dated the 27th day of July, 1814. The deed is recited and set forth…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
In the course of the trial in the court below, several exceptions were taken by the plaintiff in error to the opinion of the court in receiving and in rejecting evidence'. A number of points of law were also submitted to the court with a request to give a particular charge thereon to the Jury. It was alleged that *322the court below erred in their direction to the Jury on all these points as well as in their opinions excepted to, on account of either receiving or rejecting evidence, and errors have been assigned here embracing all these matters.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- French v. M'IlhennySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1809
- Lessee of Gratz v. EwaltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1809
- Dorsey v. JackmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1814
- Christine ex rel. Christine v. WhitehillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1827
3Cited by1 opinion
- McDonough & Co. v. MartinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892