Case Name: Ex Parte Holker
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1790
Citations: 2 Dall. 111
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ex Parte Holker.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 111–112

Head Matter:
Ex Parte Holker.
DALLAS moved for a special Court to try various actions in which Mr. Holker was defendant, jointly with Duer and Parker; but it was objected by Lewis, that the reason of the act of Assembly, for granting special Courts, did not apply to cases, where there were partners, who could remain, during the usual course of proceeding, to defend the causes, and who did not join in the application.

Opinion:
By the- Court :
—The objection is not sufficient to justify the refusal of a -motion for a special Court. The. Legislature intended to relieve defendants, who were ready ready and willing to proceed to trial; and accelerating a decision cannot possibly in jure the plaintiffs, unlefs some material witness is absent ; which has not been pretended in the present case; The rule for a special Court must, therefore, be granted.