Farmers & Mechanics' Bank v. Ege
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the special court of common pleas of Cumberland county. This was an issue directed to try whether the Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank of the city of Philadelphia, was entitled to the proceeds of the sale of the personal property of Mentor Perdue, under the following circumstances : George Ege being the owner of “ Mount Holly Iron Works,” leased the same on the 25th of February 1S37, to Mentor Perdue for five years from the 1st of April 1837, at the annual rent of 6000…
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ERROR to the special court of common pleas of Cumberland county. This was an issue directed to try whether the Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank of the city of Philadelphia, was entitled to the proceeds of the sale of the personal property of Mentor Perdue, under the following circumstances : George Ege being the owner of “ Mount Holly Iron Works,” leased the same on the 25th of February 1S37, to Mentor Perdue for five years from the 1st of April 1837, at the annual rent of 6000 dollars, payable in advance each year. Previously to the date of the lease, the Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank obtained a…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
The money now in court for distribution, arises from the sale of the personal estate of Mentor Perdue, who was the tenant of George Ege, under a lease for the Mount Holly Iron Works, dated the 25th of February • 1837, for five years, at the annual rate of six thousand dollars, payable in advance on each successive 1st of April. The Farmers & Mechanics’ Bank purchased the premises at sheriff’s sale, and on the 24th of August 1839, the sheriff of Cumberland county acknowledged the deed. The property was sold on a judgment of the bank against…
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