Beers v. West Branch Bank
Cases that cite this one
4 later published cases cite this decision.
- Swartz v. Capital Refrigeration, Inc. (Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas 1973)
- Carpenter v. Hutchison (Pa. 1914)
- Remely v. Kuntz (Pa. 1849)
- Merritt v. Smith (Pa. 1845)
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Opinion of the Court
When the Legislature abolished imprisonment for debt in all but a few excepted cases, it virtually abolished special bail in all but those cases, and, consequently, every recognizance with condition to surrender the body. The courts are not authorized to substitute anything for it, and the great constitutional right of trial by jury is not to be clogged without an explicit declaration of the legislative will, constitutionally expressed. Appeals from awards of arbitrators, therefore, are to be had without any sort of bail whatever.
Order to quash reversed, appeal reinstated, and procedendo awarded.
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