In re the Appropriation of the Money Arising from the Sale of the Real Estate of Goswiler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was an appeal from a decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county, in the appropriation of the money arising from the sale of the real estate of John Goswiler. The decree was made on the 12th of April, and the appeal entered on Monday the Sd of May following. A motion was now made to quash the appeal, on the ground that it was not in time.
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This was an appeal from a decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county, in the appropriation of the money arising from the sale of the real estate of John Goswiler. The decree was made on the 12th of April, and the appeal entered on Monday the Sd of May following. A motion was now made to quash the appeal, on the ground that it was not in time. This motion was argued with the question involved in the decree, from which the appeal was taken, by who cited 1 Sellon, 207. 8 Mod. 21. 1 Tid. 43k, 433. 1 Arch. Pra. 111. Tid. 626. 1 Sellon, 95. Sims v. Hampton, 1 Serg. fy Rawle, 411.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court, which contains a detail of the material facts of the case, was delivered by
Huston, J.
A preliminary point in this case, wás this: The decree Of the cburt was made On the 12th of April, the second day of May following, was Sunday, and the appeal was entered on Monday the third of May. The act of assembly, of the 16th of April, 1827, Purdon, 476, Says, if any person shall consider hirtisélf aggrieved, by such decision, he may appeal to the Supreme Court, “within twenty days after such decision.” Without recurring to all the decisions on the subject of computation of…
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