Ahl ex rel. Long v. Goodhart
Citations
- 161 Pa. 455
- 29 A. 82
- 1894 Pa. LEXIS 716
Syllabus
<p>Bes adjudicatei — Judgment—Scire facias to revive.</p> <p>Where a rule to open a judgment confessed has been discharged, the defendant cannot subsequently, on a scire facias to revive the judgment, set up as a defence the same matters that were passed upon by the court on the rule to open the judgment. Such matters are res adjudicata.</p> <p>Practice, Supreme Oourt — Paper-books.</p> <p>In such a ease on an appeal from a judgment on the scire facias, the appellant must print in his paper-book the affidavit of defence to the scire facias, and the opinion of the court discharging the rule to open the judgment.</p>
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- dismissing the petitioner’s argument that the denial of credit violates the constitutional prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment and citing Pennsylvania cases that have so held
- rejecting parolee’s arguments that Board’s order, which denied him credit for time at liberty on parole, improperly extended his maximum sentence in violation of his constitutional rights against double jeopardy and offending due process
- rejecting parolee’s arguments that Board’s order, which denied him credit for time at liberty on parole, improperly extended his maximum sentence in violation of his constitutional rights against cruel and unusual punishment, double jeopardy and offending due process
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Judges: Dean, Fell, Green, Mitchell, Sterrett
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