Legal Opinion

Brown v. Judge

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 14, 1921No. Appeal, No. 24PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal, No. 24, March T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne County, July T., 1919, No. 283, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Anna M. Brown v. Thomas A. Judge. Replevin for household goods and ornaments. Before Garman, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court; The court directed a verdict in favor of plaintiff and entered judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.

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Appeal, No. 24, March T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne County, July T., 1919, No. 283, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Anna M. Brown v. Thomas A. Judge. Replevin for household goods and ornaments. Before Garman, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court; The court directed a verdict in favor of plaintiff and entered judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was the order of the court directing a verdict for the plaintiff.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Porter, J.,

The plaintiff brought replevin to recover possession of certain household furniture and ornaments, alleging that she had purchased and paid for certain of the articles with her own money, stating the persons from whom she had derived title and averring that she had acquired title to the more valuable of the articles enumerated in and by the last will and testament of Mary M. Judge. The defendant filed an affidavit of defense alleging that certain of the articles to which plaintiff asserted title through the will of Mary M. Judge had not be'en the property of Mary M.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. McLean's Executors v. WadeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1865
  2. Reber v. SchroederSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
  3. Green & Sons v. BauerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StaplesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  2. Royal Batting & Felting Co. v. KleinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  3. Brown v. JudgeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  4. Automobile Securities Co. v. ScungioSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  5. Johnson's Administrator v. WhitesideSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1922

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