Legal Opinion

Blyler v. Kline

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 7, 1870PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery county: No. 161, to January Term 1870. This was an action of debt, commenced May 13th 1867, by Jotham A. Kline against David Blyler on a judgment in foreign attachment recovered by the plaintiff against the defendant in the Superior Court of Chatham, Georgia.

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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery county: No. 161, to January Term 1870. This was an action of debt, commenced May 13th 1867, by Jotham A. Kline against David Blyler on a judgment in foreign attachment recovered by the plaintiff against the defendant in the Superior Court of Chatham, Georgia. The writ in Georgia was issued February 9th 1860,'directing the sheriff to attach so much of the defendant’s property as will make $750. An affidavit that the defendant resided out of the state was filed in the suit. On the 10th of March the sheriff attached “ all the stock in trade and…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered,

by Read, J.

— This was an action of debt upon a judgment obtained by the plaintiff against the defendant, in the state of Georgia, and upon the trial the plaintiff offered in evidence the duly authenticated record of the Superior Court of Chatham county, of the state of Georgia, of said judgment. This record was objected to by the defendant, but admitted by the court, and an exception taken and noted.

The ground of objection was, that it was only a judgment in attachment, binding only the property attached, but not affecting the person of the defendant, of…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Winter v. Union Packing Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Oliver v. KinneySupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  3. Wing v. BradnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  4. Baker v. Haycox Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Delaware County1930
  5. Esposito v. Esposito, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Jefferson County1929

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