Woolston's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks county, by Thomas L. Woolston, in the matter of the distribution of the proceeds of sale of real estate, under levari facias, Early v. Winder.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks county, by Thomas L. Woolston, in the matter of the distribution of the proceeds of sale of real estate, under levari facias, Early v. Winder. The premises sold under the above writ were owned in 1845 by Winder, who in that year executed a mortgage of them to Jane Hillborn to secure the sum of $2400. In April 1857 Winder conveyed the premises to John Ely, subject to the mortgage; he shortly afterwards sold them to John Longstreth, and by direction of Longstreth conveyed them, on the 19th of September 1857, to Mrs. Rebecca Plumley, subject to the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion was delivered
2Per curiam
The law governing the case was accurately applied by the auditor to the facts found by him, and we could not profitably add anything to what he has so well said in his report. Nor do we think there is any good ground of complaint of the finding of the auditor, against the allegation that Plumly was on the eve of entering into a hazardous business when he made the settlement. We think the testimony furnished no other proper conclusion than was drawn from it by the auditor, and that therefore the court committed no error in confirming the report, either upon this or the…
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