Brown's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Chester county: Of July Term 1877. No. 102. Appeal of Samuel P. Brown from the decree of the court, confirming the report of the auditor appointed to distribute the proceeds of the sheriff’s sale of the personal property of John Brown. It appeared that the appellant, when sixteen years of age, and living with his father on a farm, commenced negotiations with a party for the purpose of learning a trade.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Chester county: Of July Term 1877. No. 102. Appeal of Samuel P. Brown from the decree of the court, confirming the report of the auditor appointed to distribute the proceeds of the sheriff’s sale of the personal property of John Brown. It appeared that the appellant, when sixteen years of age, and living with his father on a farm, commenced negotiations with a party for the purpose of learning a trade. His father, being unwilling that he should leave home, verbally agreed to give him $1000, if he would remain at home and work upon the farm until he…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
This is a case of the distribution'of the proceeds of the sheriff’s sale of personal property. The contention is as to the validity of the judgment in favor of the appellant against John Brown. The auditor found it in law fraudulent and void. The court overruled all the exceptions, confirmed the report, and decreed that the fund be paid on subsequent executions. From that decree this appeal was taken.
The fund for distribution is $772.90. The judgment of the appellant is $1500. It was on a judgment-note executed and entered of record on the 13th December 1876. Execution was issued thereon, and…
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