Court Of Common Pleas, Sa...
Mr. ScrgeaAit VA-UGI1NMGThOCd for a ruieto anw canAetway ulla- -defendant; who-ig- an attornev, residinK in the nel ihbbiiihb6d F-'I ~Glk6cter, !shOuA&f hofpay back .to:theplaintifhs~tai~t,n sur of- nmoniy. which-lab had' reeqi3Lu'fio; them; aind vibylhcjahould not e4ndcr themuat pccit of tImprolaes of certain propeity whicli ihe hadsol onther jaal~.. Th larh sergeAnt. iaMd thatt he miide thisapph~tio ujo~ffiavit whih fseosed.- circuimstances of a veryextro~daaryntor. ~T~c ~aiutfi~ vboca-eried on busine'ss profe~~~~siona1 md ~ ~ eifinilat tbT'hime apptelhensions of being arrested for a debt wlich they owed to a tbird party. The defend.nt Iold them thatbefore he could undertake their business itfoiwld-beiecessary for tktem to advance him 1701. The plainti-endea3vourec} to raise that sUm for hitm; but notbeingable to proctuc it, uIaced l1aL in the defendant's hands, and executed an assignunent ofall their property to two persons whom he procured f6 become bail forthens Of these personx one weasthe defedant'sdown cleric, and the other anere man ofstraw.The debthad since been satis. cicibu?the defenda nttrefused to return the money which hehadlreceiv- ed rrom the plaintft, oi tid ender them any-accounu of-what he had - done uith i Under these circumstances, thc j?Winpiffi aTcpto the suinmary power of the Court, and hie tnisted thlt.- The COURT here'stoppedthe learned serg4aut, an4TdX4liiartuat- tho matter he hbal stated was quite suflicent to in ce t4em.to gi.nt the rule for which he had moved. SCOTT V. WiYE. In this Casa adebt of fiftryono5hiliings had eea recovered in-the Counrtof lteqaest; and a writ of fMetse judgment wa sued out and- made returnable in the Court of Commnon Plev-s, where the matter wasargued at-considerable lenF.&TW The LORD CHIEF JtTSTICt, in deliverjigi judgment, observed, that a court ofcolumoh law had no jurisdiction over the dedsions of' the Court of Bequests, whlich, in the srttuteby which it was eon. stituted, wats called a Court Of Equity. -is 'Lordship exprermed great satisfaetion that the CouYr? had no sulch jurisdiction2 as other. weise litigious partiesL would defeat the benevolent intention of the Leeislature in instituting the Court af Requests, by aippealing to courts of laW.-.The rest of the Jadges ef the court concurreo In this opinion. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ COURT OFV COMM01ON- PLEAS. SATURDAY, Nov, go: 7 H.: 'ARR7SON l V.STONE,:GENT.j ONE OF T'E &C. j',1