Chapter XXX: Section 27: The parties, by agreement filed, may in any civil case

dispense with trial by jury, and submit the decision of such case to
the court having jurisdiction thereof, and such court shall hear and
determine the same; and the judgment thereon shall be subject to writ
of error as in other cases.

INDEX.

“Active,” case of the, 127

Acts of assembly:
disallowed, 76, 82, 93, 97, 99, 170, 175, 177, 229, 231, 249
submission to king in council, 50, 82

_Ad quod damnum_, 243

Addison, Alexander:
characteristics of, 141
impeached, 142

Admiralty:
chancery jurisdiction in, 181
federal court of, 128
provincial council as court of, 68
state court of, 126
vice admiralty court established, 69

Affirmations, 85, 86

Allen, William, 108, 190

Amsterdam, colony of the city of, 5

Andros, Governor, 23, 164, 216

Appeals:
from Dutch courts, 7
to high court of errors, 128, 134, 136
to privy council, 71, 82, 84
to provincial council, 65
under the Duke of York, 17, 29

Arbitration, 15, 48

Assheton, Robert, 113, 175, 231

Assizes, court of, 16, 29, 163

Attachment, 37

Attorney general, 113

Attorneys-at-law:
early bar, 110-115
examinations, 119
students, 117
subsequent to Revolution, 154

Bar (see Attorneys-at-law)

Binney, Horace, 155, 208

Blackstone’s Commentaries, 119

Brackenridge, Judge H. H., 142, 147

Bradford, Judge William, 131

Butler county, first court held in, 151

Carr, Sir Robert, 9, 11

Censors, council of, 124, 129

Chancery, court of, 179, 193

Charles II, 40

Charter:
of privileges of 1701, 73, 184
to William Penn, 41

Chew, Benjamin, 108, 121, 134

Clark, William, 218

Circuit courts, 135, 138

Codes, colonial tendency toward, 10, 14

Commission to revise the civil code:
appointment, 155
report on equity jurisdiction, 196
on orphans’ court, 235

Commissions of judges, 102

Common law, as a subsidiary system in the colonies, 13, 103

Conditional verdict, 28, 208

Constable, 19

Constitution of 1874, judiciary article, 275

Constitutional convention:
of 1776, 122, 123
of 1790, 132

Coroner, 73

Counties, Penn’s division, 47

Court house:
Philadelphia, 108
Westmoreland county, 151

Criminal law, 52, 56, 86, 90, 131

Deal court, 35

Decedents’ debts, sale of land for payment of, 226

Decedents’ estates (see Orphans’ court and Registers’ court)

Dickinson, John, 117, 120, 129, 130

Disorder, complaints against, 88

District court of Philadelphia, 137

Divorce:
acts of 1700 and 1705, 100
in the Dutch period, 6
private acts, 101
under Duke of York’s laws, 99

Doan, Aaron, outlawry of, 130

Ducking-stool, 89

Duke of York (James II):
proprietorship of, 9
conveys territory to Penn, 41

Duke of York’s laws, 10, 23, 25, 162, 216

Dutch:
court on the Delaware, 3
West India Company, 3, 5

Ejectment, 76, 204

Eminent domain, 245

English:
citation of cases forbidden, 150
conquest of New Netherlands, 9
statutes in force, 13, 14, 103

Equity jurisprudence:
colonial difficulties, 159
common-law forms, 190, 201
confined to Supreme Court, 176
constitution of 1776, 192
constitution of 1790, 194
county courts, 167
court of assizes, 163
Keith’s court, 177, 179, 181
petitions against, 184
private acts, 191
provincial council, 166
recommendations of commissioners in 1835, 196
resolutions of general assembly, 185
rules of Supreme Court, 200
Welsh courts as a precedent, 172, 174

Erie and Bradford counties:
road system, 267

Evans, Governor, 80

Examinations for the bar, 119

Execution, in civil cases, 55

Executions, public, 131

Executive clemency, 131

Finne, Long, 31

Fletcher, Benjamin, 50, 222

Frame of government, 42

Francis, Tench, 115

Franklin, Benjamin, 107, 129

Friends, society of:
affirmations, 85
arbitration, 49

Fundamental laws, 45

Gambling contract, 39

Gibson, John Bannister, 153

Golf, 246

Gookin, Governor, 81, 220

Gordon, Patrick, 183, 185

Grand jury, 90

Guest, Chief Justice, 171

Hamilton, Andrew, 115, 188, 189

High court of errors and appeals, 128, 134, 136

Highways (see Roads)

Holme, Thomas, 250

Hopkinson, Francis, 119, 127

Impeachment:
Judge Addison, 142
Judge Hopkinson, 127
Chief Justice Moore, 59
Supreme Court justices, 143

Jacquet, Jean Paul, 3

James II (see Duke of York)

Jealousy of the courts, 139

Jones, Joel, 155

Judges:
commissions, 102
fined for giving wrong judgment, 64
fined for non-attendance, 47
fined for smoking in court, 53
forbidden to cite English cases, 150
required to file opinions in writing, 136
salaries, 104, 134
term of office, 98, 123, 133, 149

Judgments, entered in kind, 36

Judicial committee of privy council, 85

Judicial districts, 7, 133

Judiciary:
constitution of 1776, 123
constitution of 1790, 132
constitution of 1874, 275

Jury:
of seven, 20
trial without, 55
viewers, 253, 255, 260

Justices of peace, civil jurisdiction, 105, 157

Keith, Sir William:
dispute with collector of customs, 96
establishes court of chancery, 177
restores English criminal law, 86

Kinsey, John, 107, 180, 183

La Grange, Arnoldus, 27

Land:
liable for debts, 28, 226
six per cent allowance for roads, 249

Laussat, Anthony, 196

Lawyers (see Attorneys-at-law)

Liquor licenses, 18

Lloyd, David, 70, 75, 79, 92, 107, 112, 172, 177, 189

Logan, James, 49, 79, 107, 180, 185, 187

McKean, Thomas, 125, 139, 152, 190

Mann, Abraham, 30, 61, 113

Markham, William, 42, 69

Moll, John, 30, 46

Mompesson, Roger, 78, 104

Moore, John, 96

Moore, Nicholas, 59

Mortgage, foreclosure of, 38

Negligence, 38

Negroes, court for trial of, 105

New Amstel, 5, 7, 9

New Castle, 22, 47

New Netherlands, 9

Nicholls, Governor, 11, 12

_Nisi prius_, 129, 135

Oaths, judicial, 86

Ordinance, courts established by, 80

Orphans’ court, 57, 82, 225, 230, 236, 239
early practice, 231
equity jurisdiction, 232
of London, 223
report of commissioners to revise civil code, 235

Outlawry, process regulated, 131

Pappegoya, Jeuffro Armgart, 25

Pardons, 87, 131

Partition, 182, 199

Passmore, Thomas, 143

Peacemakers, 48

Penn, William, 40, 42, 46, 48, 51, 74, 166, 226, 248, 250

Petit treason, 91

Philadelphia, 108, 138, 154, 250

Piracy, 69, 71

Pittsburg, 136, 138, 266

President Judge, 105

Printz, John, 2, 25

Prisons, 56

Privy council appeals, 72, 84

Probate, 214, 222

Procedure:
under Duke of York, 19, 29, 35
under William Penn, 44, 45, 49, 52, 54

Provincial council:
admiralty jurisdiction, 68
as principal court, 62-67
equity jurisdiction, 169, 178
road matters, 251

Provincial court (see Supreme Court), 57, 67

Quakers:
affirmations, 85, 86
arbitration, 48
Massachusetts laws against, 12

Quarry, Robert, 69

Rawle, William, 155

Reed, Joseph, 117, 129

Register general, 217

Register’s court, 220, 236, 239

Reviews of provincial roads, 258

Revision of civil code, 155, 197, 236, 259

Roads:
act of 1700, 254
act of 1836, 259
borough streets, 267
classes of, 256
consequential damages, 268
in England in eighteenth century, 241
in the New Netherlands, 245
jurisdiction of provincial council, 251
local acts, 262
measure of landowners’ damages, 269
Penn’s provisions, 248
recent legislation, 269
reviews, 258
state roads, 261
streets in Philadelphia, 263
streets in Pittsburg, 266
under the Duke of York, 247
vocation, 260
widening, 260

Robinson, Patrick, 61, 113, 219

Ross, George, 125

Rules of court, 53

Schepens, 5

Schout, 5

Scolds, common, 89

Sessions, courts of, 17

Set-off, 3, 54, 208

Shippen, Edward, 129, 141

Six per cent allowance for roads, 249

Slander, 35

Stocks, 54

Streets (see Roads)

Superior Court, 157

Supreme Court, 80, 94, 98, 136, 137, 138, 176

Suspension of courts during Revolution, 125

Swedish court, 2

Tilghman, Edward, 118, 152

Tilghman, William, 152

Tinicum Island, 25

Town court, 19

Treason trials, 126

Trials in banc abolished, 136

Upland court, 7, 34

Verdict, conditional, 28, 208

Western Pennsylvania, primitive courts of, 151

Westmoreland county, 151

Wharton, T. I., 155

White, John, 113

Whorekill, 7, 35, 47

Wilson, James, 126, 193

Witchcraft, 67

Yeates, Jasper, 148

Zenger, Peter, 116

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Transcriber’s note

Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice except for
quotes. Hyphenation and diacritics were standardized.

Page number references in the index are as published in the original
publication and have not been checked for accuracy.

On page 238 there was a footnote anchor, but there was no
corresponding footnote. The anchor has been removed.

Spelling was retained (particularly in the quotes) as in the original
except for the following changes:

Page 40: “of York’s administrat on” “of York’s administration”
Page 44: “administratoin of justice” “administration of justice”
Page 77: “administration f justice in” “administration of justice”
Page 120: “in a re xamination of his” “in a reexamination of his”
Page 139: “were suffi- to awe” “were sufficient to awe”
Page 152: “Pennslyvania litigation was” “Pennsylvania litigation was”
Page 164: “Estate, to makegood” “Estate, to make good”
Page 259: “prov ded the application” “provided the application”
Page 268: “A smiliar provision was” “A similar provision was”

Footnote 96: “Penn’s first dlan” “Penn’s first plan”
Footnote 361: “VII Pensnylvania Archives” “VII Pennsylvania Archives”
Footnote 513: “and Laws of Pennsyvlania” “and Laws of Pennsylvania”