Miller v. Hower
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia county. Debt on á single bill, which came before’ the court below, on an appeal from'the judgment of a justice of the peace. • On the trial, a verdict was given in favour of the plaintiff, but for no specific sum.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia county. Debt on á single bill, which came before’ the court below, on an appeal from'the judgment of a justice of the peace. • On the trial, a verdict was given in favour of the plaintiff, but for no specific sum. It will be seen, by reference to the opinion of this court, that the facts came up so obscurely and indistinctly, as to render it difficult,to decide on the merits; but thfit, if the verdict had been correctly entered,, the judgment below would have been affirmed. , ,
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Huston, J.
— This case came up on the writ, statement,’ pleas,' charge of the court, and verdict and judgment; and errors were assigned to the charge of the court, and to the verdict and judgment. •The evidence, which was principally parol, was not part of the record. There are few cases in which an abstract principle of law is disputed. The contest is, generally, .whether the facts gnd ’ circumstances of the case bring it within the principle; or, when the first general view of the facts would seem to bring it within the effect of a settled principle,…
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