Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1831

Jones v. Smith

Jones v. Smith
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided June 15, 1831
2 Pen. & W. 462

Jones v. Smith

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

—There was no pretext for the demurrer. A bail-bond is to be sued in the court where the original action is depending, for the sake of preserving the equitable control over the proceeding that is peculiar’to the forum. But there is no such control of the proceeding in an action'on an insolvent’s bond, which is therefore within the spirit as well as the letter of the act of assembly, giving justices of the peace jurisdiction.

Judgment affirmed.

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