Legal Opinion

Semple v. Semple

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 30, 1899No. Appeal, No. 30PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal, No. 30, Oct. T., 1899, by plaintiff, from order of O. P. Beaver Co., Sept. T., 1898, No. 66, discharging rule to appoint an auditor. Rule to appoint an auditor to distribute fund raised by a sheriff’s sale. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was order discharging rule.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Dean,

The appellant held a judgment against James M. Semple, No. 64, September term, 1896, in common pleas of Beaver county, on which she issued execution and sold the interest of defendant in certain land in said county for the sum of $1,530. This sum the sheriff by schedule duly returned distributed to two prior liens of record, one of Strassburger & Josephs, and one of Marion Semple, which with costs exhausted the fund in his hands. The appellant in petition to the court averred, that these judgment liens were collusive between plaintiffs and defendant and therefore…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Townsen v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1848
  2. Williams's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1848
  3. Atkins's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
  4. Chadwick v. OberSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1872
  5. Masser v. DewartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1864

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Cynkar v. KaczynskiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  2. North Philadelphia Federal Saving & Loan Ass'n v. Thornton, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1952

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