Legal Opinion

Assigned Estate of Gibble

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 28, 1890No. Nos. 244, 245PublishedCited by 4 opinions

APPEALS BY J. E. OBERHOLTZER FROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE LEBANON COUNTY. Nos. 244, 245 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, number and term not given. On February 2, 1886, John W. Gibble made an assignment of bis property for the benefit of creditors. Among the assets thereby transferred, was a farm containing 216 acres and 92 perches, of which 82 acres and 10 perches lay in Lancaster county and the remainder in Lebanon county.

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APPEALS BY J. E. OBERHOLTZER FROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE LEBANON COUNTY. Nos. 244, 245 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, number and term not given. On February 2, 1886, John W. Gibble made an assignment of bis property for the benefit of creditors. Among the assets thereby transferred, was a farm containing 216 acres and 92 perches, of which 82 acres and 10 perches lay in Lancaster county and the remainder in Lebanon county. The buildings erected upon the farm were on the Lebanon county part of it. The entire. farm was subject to a purchase money mortgage for $6,000, in favor of…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion,

Mr. Justice Williams :

These cases were here one year ago, and are reported in 124 Pa. 583. We are now asked to reconsider the decision then made, on one of the questions presented. The facts on which the question is raised are unchanged, and are as follows:

In the year 1881, John W. Gibble bought from Christian C. Snyder a farm containing 216 acres for the price of $11,000. Of this purchase money, $5,000 appear to have been paid, and a bond and mortgage were given to secure the payment of the remaining $6,000. One hundred and eighty-four acres, with the farm buildings thereon, were in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Carpenter v. KoonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1852
  2. Beaupland v. McKeenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1857
  3. Appeals of OberholtzerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In re Industrial Cold Storage & Ice Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1908
  2. Arun J. Shingala, P.C. v. Allenwear & Associates (In Re Allenwear & Associates)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. Appeal of MartinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
  4. Estate of JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895

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