Hutchinson & Co. v. Gormley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Allegheny county. This was an execution-attachment against Smitley &■ McGilvray, at the suit of Samuel Gormley, executor of A. Kirk Lewis, deceased, in which Hutchinson & Co. were summoned as garnishees.
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Error to the District Court of Allegheny county. This was an execution-attachment against Smitley &■ McGilvray, at the suit of Samuel Gormley, executor of A. Kirk Lewis, deceased, in which Hutchinson & Co. were summoned as garnishees. The following facts were presented to the court below as on a case stated:— At the time the attachment was served on the garnishees, viz., May 20th 1862, they were indebted to John Smitley, one of the original defendants, in the sum of $104.50; said Smitley being at the time inspector of domestic distilled liquors and gauger of oils for the county of Allegheny,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Read, J.
— By an Act of Assembly, passed 11th April 1861, the governor was authorized to appoint an inspector of domestic distilled liquors for the county of Allegheny, whose duties and compensation shall be the same as those of the inspector of domestic distilled liquors for the city and county of Philadelphia. By an Act of the 5th of April 1862, it is made the duty of the said inspector to gauge and mark all casks or barrels containing oil of any kind, whether crude or refined, manufactured, refined, sold, or offered for sale in said county, outside…
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