Specht v. Sipe
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 206, April T., 1900, by plaintiff in suit of Josiah Specht, administrator of David Speclit, deceased, against Jonas Sipe, executor of the last will and testament of Michael Sipe, deceased, and Emanuel Lape, terretenant, from judgment of C. P.. Somerset Co., Sept. T., 1896, No. 18, in favor of defendant non obstante veredicto. Opinion by Rice, P. J. Sci. fa. to revive judgment.
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Appeal, No. 206, April T., 1900, by plaintiff in suit of Josiah Specht, administrator of David Speclit, deceased, against Jonas Sipe, executor of the last will and testament of Michael Sipe, deceased, and Emanuel Lape, terretenant, from judgment of C. P.. Somerset Co., Sept. T., 1896, No. 18, in favor of defendant non obstante veredicto. Opinion by Rice, P. J. Sci. fa. to revive judgment. Before Long-enecker, P. J. The following facts appear from the record and are found by the Superior Court: On March 17, 1886, to No. 118, May term, 1886, judgment was entered against Isaiah Sipe and Michael…
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Rice, P. J.,
By the Act of March 26, 1827, P. L. 129, which regulated the duration and the revival of the liens of judgments, and which, so far as it relates to the question before us, was reenacted in the amendment of June 1, 1887, P. L. 289, the mere suing out of a writ of scire facias is effectual to continue the lien of a judgment for a period of five years from the date of issuing the writ: Meinweiser v. Hains, 110 Pa. 468; Howes v. Dolan, 9 Pa. Superior Ct. 586, and cases there cited. For the purpose of lien the widow and heirs or devisees of a defendant in a judgment .need not…
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