Logan v. Pennsylvania R.

Citations

• 132 Pa. 403
• 19 A. 137
• 1890 Pa. LEXIS 830

Syllabus

<p>1. An order made pending an action at law, on petition and motion under § 1, act of February 27, 1798, 3 Sm. L. 303, requiring the defendant to produce on the trial of the case papers and writings in his custody and possession, is interlocutory and not reviewable by the Supremo Court before final judgment in the court below.</p> <p>2. [In this case, in the court below, an order prayed for by the petition of the plaintiffs, for the production on the trial of books and papers in the defendants’ possession, was refused, in so far as it was sought by them to establish a liability of the defendant to the plaintiffs for a penalty imposed by an act of assembly.]</p>