Legal Opinion

Deardorf v. Hildebrand

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 1, 1828PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Adams county. The plaintiff in error was plaintiff below.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Rogers, J.

— There is but one point which we ai’e called on to consider. Henry Picking executed the bond on which suit is brought, with the present defendant as his surety; and the defence is, that in consequence of a request which he made to Deardorf to proceed against Picking, &c., he, Hildebrand, is discharged from his liability. The plaintiff gave in evidence a judgment to the April Term, 1824, on a note,- with warrant of attorney from Henry Picking to Jacob Hildebrand, dated the 30th of March, 1824; Fieri Facias, and money made to the amount of one…

2Cited by1 opinion

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