Hannum v. Pownall
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 443½, Jan. T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lancaster Co., Jan. T., 1896, No. 97, on verdict for plaintiffs. Sheriff’s interpleader to determine the title to personal property. Before Livingston, P. J. See 182 Pa. 587. At the trial, Hannah W. Eavenson, one of the plaintiffs, alleged that site had a separate estate, and that with this she had bought the property in dispute.
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Appeal, No. 443½, Jan. T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lancaster Co., Jan. T., 1896, No. 97, on verdict for plaintiffs. Sheriff’s interpleader to determine the title to personal property. Before Livingston, P. J. See 182 Pa. 587. At the trial, Hannah W. Eavenson, one of the plaintiffs, alleged that site had a separate estate, and that with this she had bought the property in dispute. She testified that she received money from her uncle and her uncle’s widow as compensation for nursing her uncle. She further testified: “ Q. All this personal property you claim, this household…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
The action was a feigned issue under the sheriff’s interpleader act to determine the title to personal property levied on by the sheriff. One of the claimants was the wife of the execution debtor, and the controversy relates entirely to her claim. At the trial she was held to strict proof of the acquisition, in good faith and in her own right, of the property in question, by means of her ownership of a separate estate. The testimony presented by her was sufficient to take the case to the jury, and we find no error in the charge.
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