Pryor v. Wood
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. This was an action of scire facias on a mortgage, brought in the name of Richard Pryor, who survived Priscilla Pryor, for the use of Joseph C. Budd and others, the heirs of Joseph Budd, deceased, against Joseph Wood and Thomas S. Wood, surviving administrators of Joseph Wood, deceased, and Lloyd Wharton Bicldey and others, terre tenants.
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Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. This was an action of scire facias on a mortgage, brought in the name of Richard Pryor, who survived Priscilla Pryor, for the use of Joseph C. Budd and others, the heirs of Joseph Budd, deceased, against Joseph Wood and Thomas S. Wood, surviving administrators of Joseph Wood, deceased, and Lloyd Wharton Bicldey and others, terre tenants. Joseph Budd, under whom all the parties claimed, died in 1807, leaving a small estate, including the premises described in the mortgage on which the suit was brought. His widow and administratrix, Priscilla, soon…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Strong, J.
The mortgage upon which this suit was brought *147is dated January 29th 1816, and was given to Richard Pryor and Priscilla his wife. The debt secured by it was payable on the day of the decease of the said Priscilla. On the 13th day of February 1818, Pryor and wife assigned the mortgage to Julian Plum. The assignment purported to be for a valuable consideration therein mentioned, and was duly acknowledged and recorded. Subsequently, on the 2d day of December, A. D. 1842, the personal representative of Julian Plum assigned the mortgage to Jacob…
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