Commonwealth v. Crevor
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
rY''HIS was an appeal from the decision of Brackenridge -A- J. at a Circuit Court for Cumberland, in May 1809, upon a case, which stated as follows: An agreement was macle he" tending claim-bands, that the sheriff should deposit the amount m bank until the question should be g^eí^ldeposf ted it, but took ^°ut'aS’a‘u sooa Held, that the sheriff was _ bound to pay mtevestto thesuc, cessful party, from the time the was thus taken, out of bank.
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rY''HIS was an appeal from the decision of Brackenridge -A- J. at a Circuit Court for Cumberland, in May 1809, upon a case, which stated as follows: An agreement was macle he" tending claim-bands, that the sheriff should deposit the amount m bank until the question should be g^eí^ldeposf ted it, but took ^°ut'aS’a‘u sooa Held, that the sheriff was _ bound to pay mtevestto thesuc, cessful party, from the time the was thus taken, out of bank. Jacob Crevor the defendant, high sheriff of Cumberland county, by virtue of process from the comptroller general’s ni i • j i , , , 1 „ ° T office, fevied…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilgiiman C. J.
delivered judgment.
The defendant’s argument is founded on a fallacy. He contends that interest should not be paid, because the commonwealth has suffered no damage; and to prove that no damage has been sustained, he relies on the agreement, that the money should be deposited in bank until it was decided whether the commonwealth was intitled to the principal. But the truth is, that the commonwealth has suffered damage by nonpayment of the money, to which it was intitled, and which was in the hands of the defendant; and the defendant does not pretend that interest would not have…
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