Legal Opinion

Cornwell's Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 15, 1844PublishedCited by 8 opinions

APPEAL from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of York county, in the matter of the appropriation of the proceeds of the sale of the real estate of William C. Cornwell. The facts of this case are all fully stated in the opinion of the court. The cause was argued by

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Kennedy, J.

By the decree of the court, $5256.34 of the money were appropriated to the payment of the four judgments in favour of John Gamber, assigned by him the 6th of May 1836 to George Loucks and Henry Becker. These judgments, as Callicott alleges, were either previously paid or satisfied in some way, or void because entered without authority, and upon this ground he appealed from the decree of the court; but he has failed to show that the facts upon which he grounded his appeal are true, and therefore his appeal is dismissed, with the costs…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Mortgage Building & Loan Ass'n CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  2. Day v. BardwellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
  3. Rice's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1874
  4. Kramer & Rahm's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1860
  5. Ward v. JenkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1846

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