Schweitzer v. Williams
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 169, Oct. T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of C. P.' Northampton Co., April T., 1909, No. 3, in case of Wallace v. Schweitzer v. Alice D. Williams. Sheriff’s interpleader to determine the ownership of personal property. Before Stewart, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 169, Oct. T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of C. P.' Northampton Co., April T., 1909, No. 3, in case of Wallace v. Schweitzer v. Alice D. Williams. Sheriff’s interpleader to determine the ownership of personal property. Before Stewart, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. Plaintiff presented the following points: 3. If the jury find that Wallace Schweitzer was a tenant of Robert Schweitzer and had the lease of the farm, as well as some of the personal property belongong to Robert Schweitzer, the live stock which was the natural increase during the tenancy…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
This issue involved about thirty different articles of personal property. As to many of them the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict is not questioned. But it is claimed by’ appellant's counsel that there was no evidence to sustain a verdict in the plaintiff’s favor as to any of the articles specified in the first and second assignments of error. This contention has required an examination of the large volume of evidence, and this we have made. If it were our province to determine whether the verdict of the jury is sustained by the preponderance of…
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