Peterson ex rel. Peterson v. Atlantic City Railroad

Citations

• 177 Pa. 335
• 35 A. 621
• 1896 Pa. LEXIS 987

Syllabus

<p>Practice, Supreme Gt. — Rules—Engagements of counsel — Practice, G. P.</p> <p>As by the constitution the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court extends over the state, it must, as an inherent judicial power necessary to the exercise of its jurisdiction, have authority to make rules which, in its opinion, will enable it to dispose of the business which comes before it from every court in the state.</p> <p>Rule XLI. of the Supreme Court which provides that “engagements of counsel in the lower courts will not be recognized as a reason for the continuance or postponement of a cause,” is both legal and reasonable, and it is the duty of the lower courts to have regard for it.</p> <p>The Supreme Court will reverse a judgment on a verdict where it appears that the trial was held in the absence of defendant’s counsel who was in the Supreme Court at the argument of a cause in which he was counsel.</p>