Bear v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Dauphin county. Samuel Patterson and William Patterson, administrators of Arthur Patterson, deceased, against H. K. Bear. This was a feigned issue, directed by the court to try the right to the money arising from the sale of the real estate of John Gamber.
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ERROR to the Common Pleas of Dauphin county. Samuel Patterson and William Patterson, administrators of Arthur Patterson, deceased, against H. K. Bear. This was a feigned issue, directed by the court to try the right to the money arising from the sale of the real estate of John Gamber. The only question in the cause was, whether the plaintiffs were entitled to the money, and if so, how much ? They gave in evidence a judgment of Frederick Watts, Esq., against John Gamber, co-obligor in two bonds with Arthur Patterson, deceased, for #1000, with interest, amounting at the time of the sheriff’s…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
This was a feigned issue, directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin county, to be formed and tried, for the purpose of determining the rights of the several judgment creditors of John Gamber, to the money arising from a judicial sale of his real estate. The defendants in error, who were the plaintiffs below, although’named as administrators of Arthur Patterson on the record, are in reality the executors, as would seem to have been admitted on the trial. This, however, notwithstanding some question was attempted to be 'made in regard…
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