Otterson v. Middleton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 4 of. Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1882, No. 442. Attachment execution upon a judgment obtained by George W. Middleton, against Samuel S. Norcross, issued against James Otterson, Jr., and F. Carroll Brewster, executors of the will of Edward P. Middleton, deceased, to attach in their hands as garnishees the amount of a legacy bequeathed by said Middleton to the defendant Norcross. Plea, nulla bona.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 4 of. Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1882, No. 442. Attachment execution upon a judgment obtained by George W. Middleton, against Samuel S. Norcross, issued against James Otterson, Jr., and F. Carroll Brewster, executors of the will of Edward P. Middleton, deceased, to attach in their hands as garnishees the amount of a legacy bequeathed by said Middleton to the defendant Norcross. Plea, nulla bona. Upon the trial, before Briggs, J., it was admitted that the garnishees had in their hands the sum of $2,343.50 “ belonging to the owner of S. S.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
The assignment by Samuel S. Noreross of his interest in the ten thousand dollar legacy given by the will of Edward P. Middleton, was executed and delivered to Graham the assignee on April 3d 1877 ; the attachment in execution of George W. Middleton, upon the interest of Norcx-oss in the same legacy was issued on Apx-il 17th 1877. Mi-s. Noreross, upon whose death the legacy was payable, died on the evening of April 4th 1877. The trustees who held the entire legacy of ten thousand dollars for the use of Mrs. Noreross during her life, and of the legatees in remainder after her death, having…
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