Stiles's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia county: Of May Term 1880, No. 123. Appeal of Jeremiah Stiles from an order of the court refusing to open a judgment against him and let him into a defence.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia county: Of May Term 1880, No. 123. Appeal of Jeremiah Stiles from an order of the court refusing to open a judgment against him and let him into a defence. The judgment was entered against him by the Benton Mutual Savings Fund and Loan Association on a penal bill conditioned for the payment of $200. In his petition for a rule to show cause why the judgment should not be opened, Stiles averred, inter alia, that an execution had been issued upon said judgment and a levy made upon the property of petitioner; that under said levy said association…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Sharswood
The act entitled “ An act to confer on certain associations of the citizens of this Commonwealth the powers and immunities of corporations and bodies politic in law, and to confirm charters heretofore granted,” passed April 12th 1859, Pamph. L. 544, is a general law for the regulation of associations known as Building and Loan Associations. This appears not only from the general scope of its provisions, but.from the recitals in its preamble which declares that “ such associations are meritorious and deserving the care of the state.” The learned judge below fell into an error in considering it…
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