Acker ex rel. Gray v. Snyder
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 36, Jan. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. .1, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1914, No. 582, refusing to enter judgment for plaintiff for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense, in case of A. Lincoln Acker, Sheriff of Philadelphia County, to use of Maria Louisa Gray v. William Henry Snyder. Assumpsit for the purchase-price of a certain piece of real estate sold at a sheriff’s sale to the defendant.
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Appeal, No. 36, Jan. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. .1, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1914, No. 582, refusing to enter judgment for plaintiff for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense, in case of A. Lincoln Acker, Sheriff of Philadelphia County, to use of Maria Louisa Gray v. William Henry Snyder. Assumpsit for the purchase-price of a certain piece of real estate sold at a sheriff’s sale to the defendant. Rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. Before Paterson, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court refused to enter judgment…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
The use-plaintiff held a judgment against L. T. Goodman, executrix of Samuel G. Goodman, deceased; she caused a writ of levari facias to issue, upon which the sheriff exposed for sale a certain piece of real property belonging to the deceased judgment debtor; at the sheriff’s sale, the property in question was knocked down to the defendant as the highest bidder, whereupon he caused his name to be signed to a written bid as “Wm. *59Henry Snyder, Atty.,” and made a deposit of $75 on account of the purchase-price. The written hid read as follows: “Fifty dollars of…
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