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Keim v. Saunders

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 23, 1888No. 267PublishedCited by 5 opinions

ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 3 OE PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 267 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 808-| December Term 1884, C. P. No. 3. On January 28, 1885, a summons in debt was issued in an action by Oscar P. Saunders and Oscar P. Saunders, executor of Sarah J. Saunders, deceased, in the right of said executor, against George deB. Keim.

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ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 3 OE PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 267 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 808-| December Term 1884, C. P. No. 3. On January 28, 1885, a summons in debt was issued in an action by Oscar P. Saunders and Oscar P. Saunders, executor of Sarah J. Saunders, deceased, in the right of said executor, against George deB. Keim. The narr. set forth the recovery on March 8, 1883, by Oscar P. Saunders and Sarah J. Saunders, his wife, in right of the wife, of a judgment for $2,300.24 against one William Quigg, in a certain action of trespass, which judgment as to…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion,

Mr. Justice Paxson:

It is among the admitted facts of this case, that one William Quigg, was in March, 1883, in the custody of the defendant below, at that time high sheriff of the county of Philadelphia, upon a writ of capias ad satisfaciendum issued by Oscar P. Saunders and wife ; that he subsequently made application for the benefit of the insolvent laws of the state, gave bond in conformity with law, was discharged from the custody of said sheriff, who made return of that fact to the writ; that upon the hearing in the insolvent court his discharge was refused; that on the same day…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Saunders v. QuiggSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
  2. Commonwealth ex rel. Lafflin v. ChristopherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1856

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Saunders v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
  2. Commonwealth v. Elliott, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Mercer County1941
  3. Krasinski v. Gorman, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Elk County1965
  4. Saunders v. PerkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
  5. Wolfe v. McDevittSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1917

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