Appeal, No. 319 | Pa. | Apr 30, 1900
This is an appeal from the refusal of the court below to open a judgment entered on a bond under seal. A seal imports a consideration and creates a legal obligation: Candor & Henderson’s Appeal, 27 Pa. 120. In an action upon a bond or note under seal want of consideration is no defense: Sherk v. Endress, 3 W. & S. 255; Yard v. Patton, 13 Pa. 278" court="Pa." date_filed="1850-03-15" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/yard-v-patton-6228561?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="6228561">13 Pa. 278 ; Anderson v. Best, 176 Pa. 498" court="Pa." date_filed="1896-07-15" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/anderson-v-best-6243813?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="6243813">176 Pa. 498.
In the suit of Cosgrove v. Cummings the defendant offered to ex^ute and deliver to the plaintiff a bond to indemnify or secure him for any judgment that might be obtained in said suit against the defendant if the plaintiff would execute and deliver to the defendant a bond to indemnify or secure him for
Judgment affirmed.