General

Walker's Appeal

2 U.S. 1902 Dall. 190·Supreme Court of Pennsylvania·1792·PA

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Opinion

Walker’s Appeal. INGERSOLL moved for the confirmation of the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Northumberland, given the 26th March, 1792, from which (as it appeared by a certificate he produced) an appeal had been entered. But the Court, finding that there was no copy of the proceedings lodged with the prothonotary, refused to receive the motion : And by [MAJORITY — Shippen, Justice:] Shippen, Justice: —The regular method of bringing up the record is by certiorari ; and nothing else can stay the proceedings below.