Pennypacker v. Dear

Citations

• 166 Pa. 284
• 31 A. 89
• 1895 Pa. LEXIS 1194

Syllabus

<p>Appeals for delay—Penalties—Act of May 25, 1874.'</p> <p>The penalties provided by the act of May 25, 1874, P. L. 227, for taking an appeal to the Supreme Court for the purpose of delay, will be imposed where it appears that, after verdict and judgment, defendant offered to settle for an amount less than the judgment, and threatened to appeal if his offer was not accepted; that, after his offer was declined, he took the record of the case out of the common pleas, but never filed it in the Supreme Court, that he never printed any paper-book and made no apparent effort to prepare the case for argument.</p>