Wood v. Vanarsdale
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL. This was an appeal from the decision of the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia, relative to the distribution of. money arising from the sale, by the sheriff, of certain real estate belonging to the defendant.
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APPEAL. This was an appeal from the decision of the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia, relative to the distribution of. money arising from the sale, by the sheriff, of certain real estate belonging to the defendant. The property was sold under a writ of venditioni exponas, issued by the plaintiff in this suit, for the sum of nine thousand six hundred and seventy-five dollars, of which there remained for distribution, after payment of liens and judgments, according to their legal priority, the sum of four hundred and thirty-nine dollars and seventy-five cents. This sum was…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the eourt was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
This case is considered as falling within the principle decided by this court in the case of Hunt v. Breading, 12 Serg. & Rawle, 37.
On the 20th of November, 1827, Richard Rowley, issued a fieri facias upon his judgment of fourteen hundred and eighty three dollars, and seventy five cents, against Vanarsdale, with directions to the sheriff, to levy the second instalment, or one third of the amount of the judgment which had become payable, the first instalment having been paid. This writ of fieri facias was put into the hands of the sheriff to…
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