Chap. 0042 AN ACT FOR FURTHER REGULATING THE COURSE OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS.
Preamble.
No review allowed at tbe inferior court but in case, &c.
No.review allowed where either party hath obtained two judgments.
Whereas trials of civil actions, upon appeals and reviews, have been unnecessarily multiplied, to the great charge and gr[ei][**e]vance of many of his majesty's subjects within this province,-
Be it therefore enacted by the Governour, Council and House of Rep-resen t[ati~\ ves,
[Sect. 1.] That no writ of review shall hereafter be brought, to any inferiour court of common pleas, unless the action be already begun ; and that whensoever in any action that shall hereafter be brought in any of the courts within this province, the party, whether plaintiff or defendant, which shall have recovered judgment on the first trial, shall likewise recover on a second trial, no review shall be allowed in such action.
[Sect. 2.] This act to continue and be in force for three years from the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-four, and no longer.   [Passed April 23 ;f published April 24, 1754.