Evans v. Duncan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL from the decree of the court of common pleas of Dauphin county, appropriating the proceeds of the sale of the real estate of Thomas Duncan deceased. All the facts which gave rise to the questions of law determined, are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. The cause was argued by
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
—The appeal in this case is from a decree of the court below, appropriating the money arising from a sale made by the sheriff of a tract of land called the “Big Island,” situate in the Susquehanna river: which was taken in execution and sold as the property of Thomas Duncan deceased, at the suit of some of his creditors; and also at the same time as the property of his son Stephen Duncan to whom he had devised it, at the suit of some of his creditors. The money arising from the sale being 13,775 dollars, a sum not sufficient to satisfy the…
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