Knight v. Wiltberger

4 Yeates 127
CourtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania
DecidedDecember 15, 1804
StatusPublished
Cited by1 cases

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Knight v. Wiltberger, 4 Yeates 127 (Pa. 1804).

Opinion

Sed per Cur.

What right had a justice of the peace to entertain a jurisdiction over an abstract question ? No law gave it to him, nor could it be delegated to him by consent. The judgment also was radically bad, and must he reversed.

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