Case Name: COMMONWEALTH to use v. STEELMAN
Court: Philadelphia District Court
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1840-05-20
Citations: 2 Miles 405
Docket Number: 
Parties: COMMONWEALTH to use v. STEELMAN.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases determined in the district court for the city and county of Philadelphia
Volume: 2
Pages: 405–405

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH to use v. STEELMAN.
May 20, 1840.
Rule to show cause why the judgment should not he set aside.
Iü a suit on a bail-bond taken under the provisions of the act of 13th June, 1836, relating to actions, plaintiff is not entitled to judgment for want of an affidavit of defence, under the act of 28th March, 1835.
THIS was a debt on a bail-bond taken under the act of 13th June, 1836. The plaintiff’ took judgment, on the regular day, for want of an affidavit of defence. (See 1 Miles 25.)
Defendant obtained this rule to show cause.
Oakford, for rule.
J. S. Brewster, contra.

Opinion:
The Court
said that they had ruled that a bail-bond, inasmuch as it contained alternative conditions as to the surrender of the original defendant and the payment of the money, was not within the provisions of the act entitling plaintiff to judgment for want of an affidavit of defence. (See 1 Miles 25.)
Rule absolute.