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12 Serg. & Rawle 76

Stroop v. Swarts

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 18, 1824

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1824-10-18

IN ERROR. This was an action brought by Jacob Stroop, and Mary his wife, in the Court of Common Pleas of Perry county, to recover damages for slanderous words, alleged to have been spoken of the wife by Smarts, the defendant in error. The plaintiffs had a verdict in the court below for one hundred and seventy-five dollars, but the court, on motion of the defendant’s counsel, arrested the judgment, for which reason the present writ of error was sued out.

Decided 1824-10-18

Per Curiam.

¶1In this case, there was no judgment for the plaintiffs in the court below, — the judgment was arrested. Now, this court could not give judgment for the husband alone, even if they should think, (which they do not) that the judgment ought not to have been arrested; because the wife, who was the meritorious cause, is dead, and the cause of action does not survive. If the wife had died, after the judgment had been given for her husband and her, it would have been different. The judgment would then have survived to the husband.

¶2Writ of error abated..

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