Lieberman v. Hoffman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. ■ Attachment under the Act of March 17th, 1869, by Joseph Lieberman against George W. Hoffman, defendant, and W. P. Huber, administrator of the estate of Peter Hoffman, deceased, and executor of the estate of Catharine Hoffman, deceased.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. ■ Attachment under the Act of March 17th, 1869, by Joseph Lieberman against George W. Hoffman, defendant, and W. P. Huber, administrator of the estate of Peter Hoffman, deceased, and executor of the estate of Catharine Hoffman, deceased. The writ of attachment was issued and served May 24th, 1880, at which time there was in the hands of the garnishee money due to the defendant as his share of one estate $1866.34, and of the other estate $48.95. The record showed that interrogatories had been filed and had been answered by the garnishee,…
1Opinion of the Court
— Per Curiam:
This case is ruled by Brenner v. Moyer, 10 W. N. C., 565, in which it was decided that proceedings under the Act of March 17th; 1869, Pamph. L., 8, are to be regarded as a mere personal action. The attachment is to secure a lien, and depends upon the recovery of a final personal judgment. It follows that the rulings of *214the learned judge in the Court below were right, and that the prior judgment for the same cause of action was a bar.
Judgment affirmed.
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