13 Pa. 371 | Pa. | 1850
The opinion of the court was delivered by
By decisions here and abroad, the principle of Lansdown vs. Lansdown, Mosely Rep. 264, has been exploded. It was rejected in Rankin vs. Mortimer, 7 Watts 372. The Supreme Court of New York alone is the only one that has hesitated ; because it leaned, in its latter days, towards the subtle equities of the civil law. Chancellor Kent certainly did not encourage the notion, that a mistake of law is ground of relief; for he puts the'
Judgment reversed and venire facias de novo awarded.