Summit Hosiery Co. v. Gottschall

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

Plaintiff recovered damages for wrongful levy and sale of its property under an execution issued by defendant against John E. Quinn. The circumstances leading up to the sale are these. Quinn, engaged in the manufacture of stockings, had borrowed money from Gottschall to continue the business, and had secured through a bailment lease from the Lehigh Silk Hosiery Company the machinery in question. Quinn owed Gottschall for money advanced, $7,800, and the Lehigh Hosiery Company, $2,500. Since business was not prospering, he sold it to Lurker for $3,000. Lurker paid…