Grayson's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Prom the Common Pleas of Cumberland. June 8. The question in this case arose on the distribution of funds in the hands of a sequestrator of the tolls of the Hanover and Carlisle Turnpike Co. Grayson, assignee of Ege, and Moore, assignee of Helfenstein, claiming the whole fund under certain bonds of the company, given to Helfenstein, and by him assigned to Moore and Ege, who assigned to Grayson.
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Prom the Common Pleas of Cumberland. June 8. The question in this case arose on the distribution of funds in the hands of a sequestrator of the tolls of the Hanover and Carlisle Turnpike Co. Grayson, assignee of Ege, and Moore, assignee of Helfenstein, claiming the whole fund under certain bonds of the company, given to Helfenstein, and by him assigned to Moore and Ege, who assigned to Grayson. The appellants, to sustain this claim before the auditor, proved the minutes of the corporation in 1821, in which it was stated, that the board agreed to Helfenstein’s proposals for finishing part of…
1Opinion of the CourtBurnside, J.
The appeals in this case were heard together. The sum in the hands of the sequestrator for distribution was $269. The account was referred to an auditor, and exceptions filed to his report. The assignees of John Moore and George Ege claimed the whole sum; John W. Helfenstein’s assignee^ claimed a pro rata dividend with the assignees of Moore and Ege; and they claimed all the tolls to the exclusion of all the other creditors of the company.
These claims were predicated on the evidence taken before the auditor of John Moore, George Ege, and George W. Foulke. The auditor very properly reported…
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