Pancake v. Harris

10 Serg. & Rawle 109, 1823 Pa. LEXIS 53
CourtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania
DecidedJune 14, 1823
StatusPublished
Cited by3 cases

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Pancake v. Harris, 10 Serg. & Rawle 109, 1823 Pa. LEXIS 53 (Pa. 1823).

Opinion

Per Curiam.

In the attachment Parleer the action is debt on the act of assembly; which is erroneous: the act is inapplicable to attachments. At present however, the declaration is the principal subject of consideration. This in its commencement pursues the form of a declaration in debt, but the body and conclusion are strictly in the form of a declaration in assumpsit for goods sold and delivered. The judgment in the attachment therefore not being for a liquidated sum, the plaintiff could recover nothing from the garnishee without having executed a writ of inquiry of damages; and the court was right in so directing the jury. The bill of exceptions to evidence not being sustained the judgment is affirmed.

Judgment affirmed.

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