Watkins v. Justice

Citations

• 256 Pa. 42
• 100 A. 489
• 1917 Pa. LEXIS 556

Syllabus

<p>Practice, Supreme Gourt — Appeals — Supersedeas —Appeal by corporation — Act of May 19, 1897, P. L. 67 — Practice, O. P.</p> <p>Where a corporation appealing from the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas in a case where an appeal does not operate as a supersedeas, unless so directed by order of court, failed to present a petition for an order of supersedeas in accordance with the requirements of the rules of court and the Act of May 19, 1897, P. L. 67, the lower court did not err in striking the bond filed by appellant from the record and in dismissing appellant’s rule to show cause why the appeal should not operate as a supersedeas.</p>