Legal Opinion

Reynolds v. Reynolds Lumber Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 18, 1895No. Appeal, No. 113PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal, No. 113, Jan. T., 1895, by James Roy, sheriff, from order of C. P. Warren Co., June T., 1893, No. 90, directing sheriff to pay money into court. Rule on sheriff to pay money into court. From the record it appeared that T. J. Reynolds, a judgment creditor of Reynolds Lumber Company, a purely private corporation, issued a writ of fieri facias under which the sheriff sold certain property of the company.

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Appeal, No. 113, Jan. T., 1895, by James Roy, sheriff, from order of C. P. Warren Co., June T., 1893, No. 90, directing sheriff to pay money into court. Rule on sheriff to pay money into court. From the record it appeared that T. J. Reynolds, a judgment creditor of Reynolds Lumber Company, a purely private corporation, issued a writ of fieri facias under which the sheriff sold certain property of the company. The sheriff distributed the proceeds to the Warren Savings Bank, the assignee of the plaintiff in the execution. Nearly a year after this distribution was made a rule was taken by…

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Opinion by

Me. Justice Fell,

This appeal is by James Roy, sheriff of Warren county, from an order of the court of common pleas directing him to pay into court certain moneys, the proceeds gf an execution against the Reynolds Lumber Company. Nearly a year before the order was made the sheriff had paid the money in question to the Warren Savings Bank, the assignee of the plaintiff in the execution. This payment was made after the return day of the writ of execution, at a time when no rule was pending, and before the claim of the appellees had matured. Rules to show cause why the money should not…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Foster & Co. v. Fowler & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1869
  2. Susquehanna Canal Co. v. BonhamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1845
  3. Guest v. Merion Water Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County1891
  4. Girard Point Storage Co. v. Southwark Foundry Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1884
  5. McLeod v. Central Normal SchoolSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  3. Smith v. Altoona & Philipsburg Connecting RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
  4. McNulty Bros. v. Pennsylvania R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  5. Johnson Co. v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896

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