Breitenbach v. Gable
Breitenbach v. Gable
Opinion of the Court
The decision of the lower court was affirmed by the Supreme Court on February 3rd, 1868, in the following opinion, per
It has been so often held in this Court that a writ of error will not lie to the decision of a Court of Common Pleas setting aside or refusing to set aside a judgment or execution upon some matter of fact not appearing on the record; that the doctrine ought to be considered perfectly at rest. Whether the Court below decided the law correctly or not, must depend upon how they found the facts involved in it. They are as competent to pass upon them as this Court, and their decision cannot be reviewed: Righter vs. Rittenhouse, 3 Rawle, 282; Withers vs. Haines, 2 Barr, 435; Lewis vs. Amor, 3 Barr,
Judgment affirmed.
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