Legal Opinion

Hartley v. Weideman

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 17, 1905No. Appeal, No. 20PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal, No. 20, Jan. T., 1905, by Porter Weideman and G. W. Weideman, from order of C. P. Susquehanna Co., Aug. T., 1887, No. 246, sustaining exception to re-taxation of costs in case of Silas Hartley v. G. W. Weidman, Assigned to Porter Weideman. Exceptions to re-taxation of costs. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was in sustaining exceptions to re-taxation of costs.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Rice, P. J.,

This is an appeal from an order of the court of common pleas sustaining, in part, exceptions to the report and findings of the prothonotary upon a retaxation of costs. In McCauley’s Appeal, 86 Pa. 187, the Supreme Court held as follows: “No appeal lies from a taxation of costs by the court of common pleas to this court. A writ of error reaches only the record, and errors apparent on the record only can be corrected. The materiality of witnesses in a trial before a jury depends on facts known to the court below, whose discretion in the allowance of fees to the witnesses…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Black's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1884
  2. Grubbs' AppealsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1876
  3. Barnet v. IhrieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1828
  4. McCauley's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1878
  5. Incorporation of WayneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  3. Johnson v. Lake City BoroughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  4. Patton's ElectionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
  5. Klugh v. Pennsylvania RailroadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1905

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