Clouser v. Patterson
Citations
- 122 Pa. 372
- 15 A. 444
- 1888 Pa. LEXIS 614
Syllabus
<p>1. The power of a judge to put a verdict into form so as to make it express the real finding of the jury is settled, but he is without power so to mould a verdict, in accordance with what he may regard as logical necessity, as in effect to make a new verdict.</p> <p>2. When the verdict on an issue to determine the ownership of property-awarded the property to one party, it is error for the court to modify the verdict by transferring the property to another, in order to make it conform to his views of what the jury should have done.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- “[a] claim accrues ... when payment is due and is withheld by the Commonwealth.... The statute of limitations runs from the time the claimant is affirmatively notified that he will not be paid”
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Judges: Clark, Gordon, Green, Paxson, Sterrett, Trunkey, Williams
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