Kieffer v. Ehler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error, to the Common Pleas of Lancaster county. This was a proceeding by attachment execution by John Ehler v. John Lenher, the defendant in the judgment, and Christian Kieffer, garnishee.
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Error, to the Common Pleas of Lancaster county. This was a proceeding by attachment execution by John Ehler v. John Lenher, the defendant in the judgment, and Christian Kieffer, garnishee. The facts of this case were as follows: John Ehlef; the plaintiff below, obtained a judgment against John Lenher, the defendant, No. 206, to January term, 1851, in the Common Pleas of Lancaster'county, for a real debt of $1036.89, payable forthwith, which was entered February 28, 1851. On the 6th of March, 1851, Christian Kieffer (the garnishee), gave his note to the said Lenher, for the sum of $273.66,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered, by
Lowrje, J.
Care is to be taken that laws of general, shall not be regarded as of universal application; and this caution is required in relation to the law for attaching debts in execution, and declaring that “ all debts” so attached shall remain in the hands of the garnishees to answer the debt. In Acts of Assembly, as well as in common parlance, the word “all” is a general, rather than a universal term, and is to be understood in one sense or the other, according to the demands of sound reason. ’ It is certainly broad enough to include debts due by…
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