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Bellas v. Levy

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 29, 1829

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1829-06-29

This was an amicable action on the case, entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland county, for the purpose of settling an account between Daniel Levy, Esq., the plaintiff below, and Hugh Bellas, Esq., the defendant.below.

Decided 1829-06-29

Per Curiam.

¶1— It is impossible to distinguish this ease from Cunningham v. Irwin, 7 Serg. & Rawle, 247, and Gratz v. Phillips, 14 Serg. & Rawle, 144, in which a report of referees,' under the act of assembly of 1705, like á verdict, was held to be subject to the legal discretion of the- court. Here the question of interest being a question of damages, depending on the peculiar circumstances of the case, presents no point for the legitimate consideration of a court of error. But in Gratz v. Phillips, it was determined, that such a report cannot be touched here, although it depend on both fact and law. The question of costs, which arises on the face of the report, is properly determinable here; but, as this is not a reference at common law, the right to costs does not depend on the submission or the special terms of the award, but on the statute of Gloucester.

¶2Judgment affirmed.

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