Kaine v. Weigley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Fleas of Fayette county. This was an ejectment by Daniel Kaine v. Alexander Weigley, and Alexander Stewart and Isabella Stewart his wife, for a house and lot of ground. Both parties claimed under George G. Neal. In the spring of 1848, George G. Neal and John D. Scott, doing business in the name of Neal & Scott, commenced merchandising at Morris Cross Roads, in Fayette county, and bought their goods on credit principally in Baltimore.
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Error to the Common Fleas of Fayette county. This was an ejectment by Daniel Kaine v. Alexander Weigley, and Alexander Stewart and Isabella Stewart his wife, for a house and lot of ground. Both parties claimed under George G. Neal. In the spring of 1848, George G. Neal and John D. Scott, doing business in the name of Neal & Scott, commenced merchandising at Morris Cross Roads, in Fayette county, and bought their goods on credit principally in Baltimore. They became involved, and in December of that year failed. On the 15th of December, 1848, a judgment was entered against them in favor of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Black, C. J.
This was an ejectment for a house and lot formerly owned by one Neal, under whom both parties claim. Neal conveyed it to his sister and her husband, the defendants in this cause, before judgments were entered up against him, but after he had become hopelessly insolvent. His creditors after-wards caused it to be sold for their debts, and the plaintiff, making title through a sheriff’s deed, avers that the previous conveyance was fraudulent and void.
One who has a bonâ fide debt against an insolvent man, may take property at a fair price in…
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