Renninger v. Spatz
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lancaster County
No. 176 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 64 January Term 1888, C. P. On January 28, 1889, the Court of Common Pleas directed an issue between John H. Spatz, as plaintiff, and C. B. Renninger, as defendant, to determine the ownership of certain personal property, caused to be levied upon by Renninger as the goods of William D. Snader.
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No. 176 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 64 January Term 1888, C. P. On January 28, 1889, the Court of Common Pleas directed an issue between John H. Spatz, as plaintiff, and C. B. Renninger, as defendant, to determine the ownership of certain personal property, caused to be levied upon by Renninger as the goods of William D. Snader. The material facts of the case as developed at the trial on December 4, 1888, before Patterson, J., are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Certain points for instruction presented by the defendant, with the answers thereto, were as follows:…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice McCollum :
At a judicial sale of the farm of William D. Snader on the 10th of September, 1887, John H. Spatz became the purchaser. There is evidence tending to show that very soon thereafter he took possession and control of the farm, and hired Snader to work upon it; that he leased the house upon it to Mrs. Snader *526until April 1,1889, and that he bought of Snader the personal property in dispute and leased it to Mrs. Snader, for a period corresponding with the lease of the house. Mrs. Snader is a sister of Spatz. C. B. Renninger being a creditor of Snader and haying a…
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