Smith v. Atwood

OPINION OF

THE COURT.

On the 9th of November, 1839, Smith and Sample, at Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, executed their promissory note to Atwood & Co., payable six months after date. A judgment was entered on the note in November, 1842, for $1,725, in the circuit court of the United States, in Indiana; and ex: eeution was issued, which was levied on the real estate of the defendants. The law of Pennsylvania prohibits the sale of lands on execution, if the rents and profits for seven years shall be appraised by twelve men to a sum sufficient to satisfy the judgment and costs, &c.;…