Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Tr. Co. of Pbg. v. Harkins
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 25, 1933No. Appeal, 117PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Schaerer,
June 30, 1933:
This is an application to set aside a sheriff’s sale growing out of the foreclosure of a second mortgage on the plant of the Miller Printing Machinery Company. The court below discharged the rule to show cause why the sale should not be set aside. The receivers of the printing machinery company appeal.
The second mortgage was for $100,000 given by Hubert E. Harkins, a straw man, to the appellee trust company. It held also a first mortgage for $250,000 likewise given. Three-fourths of the property is covered by these two mortgages and the other…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Voorhis v. FreemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1841
- Titus v. Poland Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
- Philadelphia Trust Co. v. Northumberland County Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
- Vail v. WeaverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
- Hulett v. Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Central Lithograph Co. v. Eatmor Chocolate Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
- Provident Trust Co. v. Judicial B. & L. Assn.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
- Miners Sav. Bank of Pittston, Pa. v. JoyceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1938
- Integrity Trust Co. v. St. Rita B. & L. Assn.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
- Sovereign Bank v. SchwabCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2005
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