Unangst v. Goodyear Mfg. Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEPENDANT PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OP NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 15 April Term 1889, C. P. On February 25,1889, an issue was awarded wherein Eugene P. Unangst was plaintiff and the Goodyear India-Rubber Manufacturing Co. was defendant, to determine the title to certain goods and merchandise, levied upon by virtue of an execution in favor of said company as the property of J. R. Uberroth, and claimed by said Unangst.
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APPEAL BY DEPENDANT PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OP NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 15 April Term 1889, C. P. On February 25,1889, an issue was awarded wherein Eugene P. Unangst was plaintiff and the Goodyear India-Rubber Manufacturing Co. was defendant, to determine the title to certain goods and merchandise, levied upon by virtue of an execution in favor of said company as the property of J. R. Uberroth, and claimed by said Unangst. At the trial, on October 21,1889, the plaintiff put in evidence a judgment by confession entered on December 10, 1888, in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Me. Chief Justice Paxson :
This case was heard at the last term in the Eastern District, and the judgment affirmed. A re-argument was granted, and it was heard again at the present term. We are not convinced that our former judgment was erroneous.
The case below was a feigned issue to try the validity of a judgment confessed by J. B. Uberroth in favor of Eugene P. Unangst, for $7,000. The allegation of the appellant was that the judgment had been given to hinder and delay the creditors of Uberroth. Upon the trial below, the defendant called the latter as a witness as upon…
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