Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County May 6, 1844 (Thomas v. Ellmaker)

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

KING, President. —

This case, as disclosed by the bill, exhibits, and answers, is in substance as follows : The plaintiffs, ten, and the *104defendants, eighteen in number, and others, were members of a “fire hose association in Philadelphia,” known since the year 1817 as the “Phoenix Hose Company.