Moore v. Bray
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In error from the Common Pleas of Cumberland. This was a petition by S. Woods, Jr., and several of his judgment-creditors, praying to be subrogated in the place of Bray & Barcroft, in two judgments they held against William Moore. The petition set forth that S. Woods, Jr., and William Moore were sureties for N. W. Woods, in debts owing to Bray & Barcroft and others.
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In error from the Common Pleas of Cumberland. This was a petition by S. Woods, Jr., and several of his judgment-creditors, praying to be subrogated in the place of Bray & Barcroft, in two judgments they held against William Moore. The petition set forth that S. Woods, Jr., and William Moore were sureties for N. W. Woods, in debts owing to Bray & Barcroft and others. Judgments had been obtained by Bray & Barcroft in April, 1844, for $2,450. N. W. Woods was also indebted to other persons, to the amount of $4,608. William Moore was also his surety for these debts, and S. Woods, Sr., was his…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
It is conceded that Samuel Woods, Jr., and William Moore, were the sureties of N. W. Woods, in the judgments recovered against them by Bray & Barcroft. According to the statement of the petitioning creditors of Woods, Jr., the sum of $1,168.59, applied by William Moore in part satisfaction of those judgments, was derived from the principal debtor, under the mortgage assigned by him to Moore. The balance due under the judgments, $1,525.26, and which was paid in full satisfaction of them, was made from the sheriff’s sale of the real estate of Woods, Jr., and applied in detriment of his…
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