South-W. N. Gas Co. v. Fayette Fuel-Gas Co.
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Fayette County
Nos. 42, 43 July Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, Nos. 60, 64 March Term 1891, E. D., C. P. On February 28,1891, at a sheriff’s sale adjourned from February 18, and February 25, 1891, upon two alias writs of fieri facias, No. 61 March Term 1891, sur judgment in favor of the South-West Natural Gas Company against the Fayette Fuel-Gas Company, and No. 64 March Term 1891, sur judgment in favor of Noble McCormick et al. against the Fayette Fuel-Gas Company, all the right,…
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Nos. 42, 43 July Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, Nos. 60, 64 March Term 1891, E. D., C. P. On February 28,1891, at a sheriff’s sale adjourned from February 18, and February 25, 1891, upon two alias writs of fieri facias, No. 61 March Term 1891, sur judgment in favor of the South-West Natural Gas Company against the Fayette Fuel-Gas Company, and No. 64 March Term 1891, sur judgment in favor of Noble McCormick et al. against the Fayette Fuel-Gas Company, all the right, title, and interest of the defendant company in and to certain leaseholds, and in arid to a certain lot of ground in South…
1Opinion of the Court
no. 42.
Opinion,
Mr. Justice McCollum:
This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas dismissing exceptions to a sheriff’s sale of the property of the Fayette Fuel-Gas Company. The appellant avers that he is a stockholder in said company ; that its property was sold in a lump, and for less than its value, on an alias fieri facias in favor of the South-West Natural Gas Company, and a like writ in favor of Noble McCormick and others; that there was no inquisition held nor valid waiver thereof; and that the sale was irregular, because the preceding writs of fieri facias were not…
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