Green's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS was an appeal by Benjamin Green & Son from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton county, distributing money in court.
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THIS was an appeal by Benjamin Green & Son from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton county, distributing money in court. A judgment was entered up in that court on a bond and warrant of attorney by Philip Sholl against Reuben L. Seip on the 26th March 1836, No. 169 of January term 1836, and revived by agreement dated and filed March 26th 1841, No. 139 of January term 1841. On the 10th September 1840, No. 124 of August term 1840, a judgment was entered against Seip in favour of Benjamin Green & Son, which was revived to January term 1842, No. 165. B. Green & Son claimed to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
The question in this case is, whether the word “from,” in the Act of Assembly of the 26th March 1827, relating to the duration of the lien of judgments, includes the day on which the judgment is entered or excludes it. The case of Pugh v. Duke of Leeds, (Cowp. 714), overthrew the prior cases that attempted to decide questions of this nature by verbal distinctions between the date and the day of the date, considering them as too subtile and scholastic to be applied to the practical business of life, and decided that “from” may be construed…
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