Wentroth's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria county: Of October and November Term 1876, No. 208. This was the appeal of John D. Wentroth from the decree of the court making distribution of the proceeds of the sheriff’s sale of the personal property of Nicholas Wolf. The case was thus: Wentroth, under two executions, levied on property of Wolf, consisting of a portable steam saw-mill and fixtures, and a lot of lumber, logs, bark, &c.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria county: Of October and November Term 1876, No. 208. This was the appeal of John D. Wentroth from the decree of the court making distribution of the proceeds of the sheriff’s sale of the personal property of Nicholas Wolf. The case was thus: Wentroth, under two executions, levied on property of Wolf, consisting of a portable steam saw-mill and fixtures, and a lot of lumber, logs, bark, &c. On the day of the sale, notice was served upon the sheriff by Frederick Snyder, that he claimed a preference out of the proceeds of the sale, which notice was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sharswood
Frederick Snyder, the appellee, entered into a written- contract with Nicholas Wolf, the owner of a saw-mill, by which he undertook to deliver at the mill “ all the hemlock timber now cut down *471and peeled on the Wentroth tract of land, formerly Rorabaugh’s, and on,the Pensacola tract,” on or before a certain day, Wolf agreeing to pay him therefor the sum of two dollars and fifty cents per thousand feet. Snyder fulfilled the contract by hiring teams and drivers, but did no hauling himself. The saw-mill, fixtures and other personal property of Wolf having been levied on and sold by the sheriff…
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