Legal Opinion

White v. Gunn

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 23, 1903No. Appeal, No. 164PublishedCited by 33 opinions

Appeal, No. 164, Jan. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1898, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Lemuel A. White v. John Gunn. Issue to determine the ownership of personal property seized and taken in execution. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court refused binding instructions for defendant. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed.

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Appeal, No. 164, Jan. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1898, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Lemuel A. White v. John Gunn. Issue to determine the ownership of personal property seized and taken in execution. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court refused binding instructions for defendant. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Brown,

The complaint of John Gunn, the appellant, is that the jury were allowed to determine the character of the sale of the brickyard plant by his father, Charles B. Gunn, to Lemuel A. White, the appellee. He insists it was a fraud in fact as well as in law, and that the court should have sustained each of these positions and directed a finding in his favor. The learned trial judge was clearly of the opinion that the sale was in fact fraudulent, and, incautiously, perhaps, though of this the ap*231pellant cannot complain, told the jury that he was not without a very strong…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Stephens v. GiffordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
  2. Renninger v. Spatz, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lancaster County1889
  3. Barlow v. FoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
  4. Crawford v. DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882
  5. Keystone Watch Case Co. v. Fourth Street National BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Root v. Republic Acceptance Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  2. Leitch v. Sanford Motor Truck Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  3. Bank of North America v. Penn Motor Car Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
  4. Shipler v. New Castle Paper Products Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  5. Bowersox v. Weigle & MyersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1921

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