McCaughey v. Carr

Decided January 31, 1881

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1881-01-31

4 of Philadelphia County. No. 351, January Term, 1880. In September, 1879, John Carr sold to William J. Mc-Caughey, the Defendant, (an illiterate man who had been for many years in his employ), the stock good-will and.fixtures of a liquor store, No 3048 Market street.

Decided 1881-01-31

¶1The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Common Pleas on January 31st., 1881, in the following opinion :

Per Curiam :

¶2That when a judgment is opened generally, it it not competent for the jury to certify or give a verdict for a balance in favor of the defendant has been already decided by this Court in Beaty vs. Bordwell, 91 Pa., 441; upon the authority of which this judgment is affirmed.

¶3Judgment affirmed.