Stewart v. Keemle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. WRIT of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Phir » j », T * . hdelphza county. ■ The plaintiffs brought an action of trover against the defendants for three and a half tons of hay, valued at seventy-five dollars, before Alderman Pettit, who rendered judgment f°r the defendant. The plaintiff appealed.
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In Error. WRIT of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Phir » j », T * . hdelphza county. ■ The plaintiffs brought an action of trover against the defendants for three and a half tons of hay, valued at seventy-five dollars, before Alderman Pettit, who rendered judgment f°r the defendant. The plaintiff appealed. On motion the counsel for the defendant, a rule was granted-by the Court of Common Pleas, to shew cause why the appeal s{loui¿ not be struck off, and after argument the rule was 7 ° "made absolute, and the appeal dismissed. The plaintiff took a wr'lt: of error, the object of. which…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Duncan J.
The plaintiffs in this case brought an action in the nature of trover and conversion before Alderman Pettit for a certain quantity of hay valued by them at seventy-five dollars. The alderman rendered judgment against the plaintiff who appealed therefrom in due time, and the Court below struck off the appeal, as is admitted, on the ground, that no appeal lay on such judgment by the act of 22d March, 1814. To reverse this judgment and have the appeal reinstated, is the object of this writ of error.
There is some obscurity in the terms of this…
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