Legal Opinion

Young's Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 15, 1831PublishedCited by 1 opinion

This was an appeal by Peter Young, from the decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin county, in the matter of the sale of the real estate of Frederick Shoop, by the sheriff of that county; by which decision the application to permit the sheriff to acknowledge the deed to the purchaser, was denied, and the sale set aside on payment of the judgments against the property which were demanded to be paid.

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This was an appeal by Peter Young, from the decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin county, in the matter of the sale of the real estate of Frederick Shoop, by the sheriff of that county; by which decision the application to permit the sheriff to acknowledge the deed to the purchaser, was denied, and the sale set aside on payment of the judgments against the property which were demanded to be paid. Jllricks now moved to quash the appeal on the ground that the act of assembly of the 16th of April, 1837, under which it was taken, does not authorize an appeal from the decision of the…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Ross, J.

This case comes before this court on an appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin county, under the *381act of the sixteenth of April, 1827, entitled “An act relative to the distribution of money arising from sheriffs’ and coroners’ sales,” &c. A venditioni exjwnas, issued to April term, 1831, at the suit of Jacob Ileisley’s administrator against the defendant Shoop. In this writ, the sheriff returned, “sold real estate to Peter Young, on the 18th of March for @2020,” which sale was on motion sot aside by the court. On the 26th of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Walters v. PrattSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1830

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In Re MooreUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2001

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