Britton's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the District Court of Philadelphia. This was an appeal by Julia A. Britton from the decree of the District Court upon exceptions filed to the report of the auditor appointed to distribute the proceeds of the sheriff’s sale of the real estate of Conrad M. Whitaker, which was sold on an execution against him at the suit of Bean & Wentz. All the material facts of the case will be found in the opinion of this court.
1Opinion of the Court
Tbe opinion of the court was delivered,
by
STRONG, J.
The appellant is the holder of a mortgage upon the real estate, the proceeds of the sale of which are now in court for distribution. The mortgage was given on the 29th of September 1852, and was for original purchase-money. It was not recorded until September 5th 1858. After it had been given, Thomas H. Wentz recovered a judgment against the mortgagor, which was signed on the 17th day of September 1856; another judgment was recovered against the mortgagor on the 17th of February 1857, by Bean & Wentz, of which firm Thomas H. Wentz is a…
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