Case Name: Shewell v. Wycoff
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1788-07
Citations: 1 Dall. 312
Docket Number: 
Parties: Shewell v. Wycoff.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 327–327

Head Matter:
Shewell v. Wycoff.
Exceptions to a/wa/rd.
There was a report in this cause, and at the distance of a month after judgment nisi had been entered, the defendant filed reasons in exception to the report. But—
Sergeant, for the plaintiff. Bradford and Ingersoll, for the defendant.
See Shoemaker v. Smith, 2 Binn. 239; Hamilton v. Gallagher, 4 Yeates 202; Davis v. Canal Co. 4 Binn. 296; Thellusson v. Cramond, 1 W. C. C. 319; Buckley v. Durant, ante, p. 129.

Opinion:
By the Court.
We must not sport with things of so solemn a nature as reports of referees, and verdicts of a jury. The exceptions are much too late. The rule is, that unless they are filed within four days, the judgment nisi becomes absolute.