Depuy v. Okie

Citations

• 2 Monag. 769
• 1886 Pa. LEXIS 553

Syllabus

<p>A writ of error in a landlord and tenant case will not be quashed before the return day of the writ, on the application of the defendant in error on the ground that the writ was brought merely for delay, although no exceptions were taken on the trial, and the assignments of error are bad, specifying the insufficiency of the evidence, etc.</p> <p>The penalties for taking a writ of error for delay, under the Act of May 25, 1874, will be imposed where the plaintiff in error failed to prosecute his writ in such case because he had, since taking it, vacated the premises.</p>