Dowling v. Vallett
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 53, April T., 1918, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Cambria Co., June T., 1916, No. 11, distributing proceeds of sheriff’s sale of real estate in case of Dowling & Company v. Jennie B. Vallett. Exceptions to auditor’s report distributing proceeds of sheriff’s sale of real estate. Before Stephens, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the facts. '' Error assigned was order of distribution.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
This appeal involves the question of the distribution of the proceeds of a sale of land by the sheriff. The parties to the controversy are judgment creditors. In February, 1909, the real name of the owner of the land was Caroline A. Parks, but in the deed under which she took title the initial letter of her middle name was omitted, so that she held title in the name of Caroline Parks. On the 22d of February, 1909, a judgment was entered in favor of John Wagner against Caroline A. Parks, which judgment was subsequently duly revived in 1914, with notice to the then…
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