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149 Pa. 302

Commonwealth v. Howard

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 23, 1892

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1892-05-23

Appeal, No. 182, Jan. T., 1892, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Warren Co., March T., 1891, No. 49, quashing case stated. Assumpsit to recover penalties from the defendant, A. W. Howard, for unlawfully exercising the business of a real estate broker without a license.

Cited in Bouvier (1914)’s definition of “Case Stated”

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Decided 1892-05-23

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Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently April 1939

6 state decisions

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Per. Curiam,

¶1There was no final judgment in this case. The order of the court below was: “ Stated case is quashed, and new trial granted.” We are of opinion that the-case stated was properly quashed, for the reason that it failed to disclose facts necessary to an intelligent judgment. It ought to be understood that the court cannot go outside of the case stated for its facts, nor can it assume them by way of inference. The case stated having been quashed, the action in the court below stood precisely as if no case stated had been agreed upon.'

¶2The judgment is affirmed, and a procedendo awarded.

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