Sheetz v. Hobensack
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Montgomery county. This was the case of an attachment execution, issued under the Act of 16th' June, 1886, relating to executions. The execution attachment in question, was- issued on the judgment of Sheetz v. Samuel Schlater, for $106.18. The attachment execution issued against Samuel Schlater, defendant, and John Hobensack, as garnishee.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Montgomery county. This was the case of an attachment execution, issued under the Act of 16th' June, 1886, relating to executions. The execution attachment in question, was- issued on the judgment of Sheetz v. Samuel Schlater, for $106.18. The attachment execution issued against Samuel Schlater, defendant, and John Hobensack, as garnishee. It appeared that John Schlater, the father of Samuel Schlater, the defendant in the judgment, by his will directed a part of his estate to be invested in real security by his executors, and the interest thereof to be paid…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered, by
Lewis, J.
The parties having treated the order of the Court below as a final judgment, subject to a writ of error, we dispose of the question presented for decision.
By the custom of London, “if A. attaches the money or goods of M. in the hands of B., and if B. have no money or goods in his hands belonging to M., at the time when the attachment shall be made; and it shall happen that six months after B. shall become *414indebted to M., or have goods in his hands belonging to M., the plaintiff A., by virtue of the attachment made as aforesaid, shall recover…
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