Davis v. Jones

Decided October 1, 1824

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1824-10-01

IN ERROR. The plaintiff below, Thomas Jones, issued a seh'e facias post annum, &c., on a judgment which he had bbtained in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny county, against Joseph Davis, the plaintiff in error.. The writ was returned, made known, &c. but the defendant did not appear. The return was at January term, 1814.

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Decided 1824-10-01

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Per Curiam.

¶1This is a question of practice, in which we are not governed by the rules of the English courts. In the opinion of the court, the proceedings were according to ancient and long continued practice, and therefore the judgment is to be affirmed.

¶2Judgment affirmed.