Wills v. Hardcastle
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 84, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Delaware Co., Dec. T., 1898, No. 255, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Joshua E. Wills v. Thomas Hardcastle. Trespass for libel.
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Appeal, No. 84, Oct. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Delaware Co., Dec. T., 1898, No. 255, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Joshua E. Wills v. Thomas Hardcastle. Trespass for libel. The publication for which the suit was brought appeared in the Morton Chronicle on December 1, 1898, and was as follows : “ Thomas Hardcastle, of this Borough, has brought suit in the Court of Common Pleas No. 4, in Philadelphia, against Rev. Joshua E. Wills, of West Chester, to recover $1,514.50 which he alleges the Defendant defrauded him out of in the purchase of 971 acres of land situate on…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
This is an application to reverse the judgment of the court below without furnishing us with any of the evidence pertinent to the questions discussed.
1. Our rulé of court provides that the appellant’s paper-book shall include an appendix containing the evidence; and in general to have a question reviewed, all the evidence given in the court below; bearing upon the point, must be furnished in the paper-book' 1 P. & L. Dig. of Dec. Col. 885. The rule has long been in force in the Supreme Court, and in this court from the time of its organization. The reason for it is…
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