Legal Opinion
Walnut Street Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Bernstein
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 5, 1959No. Appeal, No. 287PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Bok,
TMs case involves the Deficiency Judgment Act: July 16, 1941, P.L. 400; 12 P.S. §2621.1.
Between April, 1955, and April, 1957, when judgment was entered, a block of three properties passed from Bernstein to Mclnerney to Miller. Assessed damages were $11,400.24, total debt $14,688.95. The appellant bought the properties in tor $11,800, and now avers in its petition that the fair market value was $8,000..
The court below fixed the value at $11,800 and the judgment creditor has appealed. Its position is that under Section 6 of the Act “the court shall determine and fix as…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Westinghouse Air Brake Co. v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
- Greenfield v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
- Union Nat. Bk. of Ptgh. v. CrumpSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
- Houston v. Western Washington RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
- Prentice v. HancockSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
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3Cited by12 opinions
- National Council of Junior Order of United American Mechanics of United States of North America v. ZytnickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Baldassari v. BaldassariSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Shrawder v. QuiggleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Masheter v. HoffmanOhio Supreme Court · 1973
- Dempsey v. StaufferCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1962
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