Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1837

Ellis v. Brewster

Ellis v. Brewster
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided July 15, 1837
6 Watts 277

Ellis v. Brewster

Opinion of the Court

The same point was argued in this Court.

Per Curiam.

We think it our duty to interpose on a ground not taken by counsel. The-defendant below, appealed from the judgment of a justice against him for four dollars; and it does not appear from any cross demand set up before the magistrate, or in the common pleas, that more was in dispute: so that the common pleas could not rightfully hold jurisdiction of the appeal. The *278judgment is therefore reversed, the apeal quashed, and the record remitted to have the judgment of this court carried into execution.

Judgment reversed.

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