Linn v. Naglee
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERRO.R. This was a writ of error to the District Court of the City and County of Philadelphia, to remove the record of an action on the case brought by Benjamin Naglee and Joseph Naglee, trading under the firm of B. & J. Naglee, against William Linn, to September term, 1834, of that Court.
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IN ERRO.R. This was a writ of error to the District Court of the City and County of Philadelphia, to remove the record of an action on the case brought by Benjamin Naglee and Joseph Naglee, trading under the firm of B. & J. Naglee, against William Linn, to September term, 1834, of that Court. The first count of the declaration set forth, that “ whereas the said William Linn heretofore, to wit, on the first day of August a. d. eighteen hundred and thirty four, at the city and county aforesaid, was indebted to the said Benjamin and Joseph trading as aforesaid, in the sum of five hundred dollars…
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The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
— This was an action of assumpsit in the Court below, brought by B. & J. Naglee against William Linn, in which the plaintiffs declared in indebitatus assumpsit, for lumber and materials found and provided for the defendant by the plaintiffs, alleging in the first and second counts, that they were to be applied in and about, and were furnished on the credit of a factory and other buildings erected by the defendant, on a lot described. The fact appeared to be, that the defendant was not the owner of the lot or building, but was merely the…
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