Legal Opinion

Hyatt v. Vincennes National Bank

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 2, 1885No. 182PublishedCited by 24 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF INDIANA. The Yincennes National Bank, of Yincennes, Indiana, and the Washington National Bank, of Washington, Indiana, having severally recovered judgments against William Helphenstine and others, composing the firm of William Helphenstine & Co., issued executions thereon, under which, and under an execution on another judgment, the sheriff of Knox County, Indiana, at the court-house door, in Yincennes,…

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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF INDIANA. The Yincennes National Bank, of Yincennes, Indiana, and the Washington National Bank, of Washington, Indiana, having severally recovered judgments against William Helphenstine and others, composing the firm of William Helphenstine & Co., issued executions thereon, under which, and under an execution on another judgment, the sheriff of Knox County, Indiana, at the court-house door, in Yincennes, in that county, on a notice advertised for three weeks successively in a weekly newspaper, and notices posted as required…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchfoed

The only question for decision is, by the stipulation of the parties, whether the property in question should have been sold in the manner in which personal property was required by the statute of Indiana to be sold.

The statute in force at the time, in regard to the sale of personal property on execution, 2 Rev. Stat. of Indiana, of 1852, part 2, ch. 1, act of June 18, 1852, art. 22, §§ 468, 469, vol. 2 of Davis’ edition of 1876, p. 218, provided as follows: “ Sec. 468. Previous notice of the time and place of the sale of any personal property on execution shall be given for ten days…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Meni v. RathboneIndiana Supreme Court · 1863
  2. Buhl v. KenyonMichigan Supreme Court · 1863

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Lynch v. Alworth-Stephens Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Murphy Oil Co. v. BurnetCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1932
  3. State v. Royal Mineral Ass'nSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
  4. Harvey Coal & Coke Co. v. DillonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
  5. Raynolds v. HannaU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Ohio · 1893

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