Goddard v. M'Kean
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Bradford county. Ezra Goddard against Jehial M’Kean and Luther Goddard. This action originally brought before a justice of the peace, was founded on the following note, signed by the defendants. “Due Ezra Goddard, or béarer, for Value received, ten thousand feet of merchantable white pine boards, one inch thick, by the 1st day of April, if we should get our mill in operation by that time.”
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ERROR to the common pleas of Bradford county. Ezra Goddard against Jehial M’Kean and Luther Goddard. This action originally brought before a justice of the peace, was founded on the following note, signed by the defendants. “Due Ezra Goddard, or béarer, for Value received, ten thousand feet of merchantable white pine boards, one inch thick, by the 1st day of April, if we should get our mill in operation by that time.” April 22d, 1828. The plaintiff having called a witness to prove that the mill was put in operation, upon his cross-examination it appeared, that the note was given by the…
1Per curiam
By the plaintiff’s own showing, the title to real estate was liable to come in question, and it is therefore clear, the justice had not jurisdiction.
Judgment affirmed.
2Cited by4 opinions
- Township of Moreland v. GordnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885
- Gramigna v. Brieg, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County1931
- Martin v. Ingersoll, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Erie County1903
- Rhoades v. PatrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1856