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

Head Matter:
Shewell versus Wycoff.
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.
Sergeant for the Plaintiff—Bradford and Ingersoll for the Defendant.

Opinion:
But,
by the Court
:—We must not sport with things of so solemn a nature as Reports of Referrees, 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.