Legal Opinion

Beck v. Finnefrock

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 17, 1919No. 2; Appeal, No. 109PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal, No. 109, April T., 1919, by defendant, from order of C. P. Clarion Co., 544, (1919).] Statement of Facts — Assignment of Errors. Execution Docket No. 12, December T., 1916, refusing to strike off judgment in the case of J. T. Beck, Administrator of Hattie C. Ambrose, formerly Hattie C. Beck, deceased, v. Charles Finnefrock. Petition to strike off judgment and to restrain plaintiff from proceeding by execution to collect the same.

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Appeal, No. 109, April T., 1919, by defendant, from order of C. P. Clarion Co., 544, (1919).] Statement of Facts — Assignment of Errors. Execution Docket No. 12, December T., 1916, refusing to strike off judgment in the case of J. T. Beck, Administrator of Hattie C. Ambrose, formerly Hattie C. Beck, deceased, v. Charles Finnefrock. Petition to strike off judgment and to restrain plaintiff from proceeding by execution to collect the same. Before Sloan, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. The court,' for reasons given in opinion in Beck v. Finnefrock (No. 1), 72 Pa.…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

The ground of this appeal was the refusal of the court below to strike off the judgment entered in the court of common pleas by the filing therein of a certified copy of an order or sentence of the court of quarter sessions, pursuant to the Act of May 8, 1901, P. L. 143. The assignments of error, considered in connection with the statement of questions involved, raise three questions: (1) Whether the Act of 1901 is void, as being ex post facto, in so far as it relates to an order or sentence entered prior to its passage; (2) the power of the clerk of the court of quarter…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DuffySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1881
  2. Kille v. Reading Iron WorksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
  3. Commonwealth v. RarickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
  4. Philippi v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1851
  5. Supervisors of Sadsbury Twp. v. DennisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1881

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HawkinsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  2. Commonwealth (To Use, Ap.) v. EmbodySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  3. Chaniewicz v. ChaniewiczSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
  4. Commonwealth v. Reed, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Northumberland County1958
  5. Commonwealth v. Schiff, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Northampton County1944

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