Case Name: STEVENSON against KIMBER
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1832-01-23
Citations: 3 Rawle 272
Docket Number: 
Parties: STEVENSON against KIMBER.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Rawle)
Volume: 3
Pages: 272–272

Head Matter:
[Philadelphia,
January 23, 1832.]
STEVENSON against KIMBER.
The requisitions of the rule which declares, that in no case whatever shall special bail be entered, without twenty-four hours notice in writing, specifying particularly the name, place of abode, and calling of the bail, must be strictly and literally complied with, and cannot, under any pretence whatever, be dispensed with.
J. R. Ingersoll, for the plaintiff,
obtained a rule to show cause why the entry of special bail in this case should not be stricken off. Kittera opposed the rule.

Opinion:
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
A rule of court directs, that in no case whatever, shall special bail be entered, without twenty-four hours notice in writing, specifying particularly the name, place of abode, and calling of the bail. The rule was adopted to prevent surprise, and to avoid surreptitious entries of bail, and this object can be best effected by a strict and literal compliance with the rule. As the directions of the rule are by no means difficult, and are as explicit and plain, as words can make them, they will, under no pretence whatever, be dispensed with.
Entry of bail stricken off, and the recognizance of bail vacated.