Legal Opinion

First National Bank v. Mount

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 5, 1938No. Appeal, 46PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

The appellant, plaintiff in an execution affecting real estate, asks us to reverse an order of a court of common pleas setting aside a sheriff’s sale and confirming a later sale to the same purchaser on a bid lower than that made at the first sale. We are all of the opinion that the court below did not abuse its discretion in making the order of which complaint is made.

The subject! is one belonging to a class where the courts are entrusted with a discretionary power to be exercised in view of all the circumstances presented to them for consideration. It is settled that…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Stroup v. RaymondSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
  2. Knox v. NoggleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  3. Fenton v. Joki Et Ux. Abel's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  4. Somerville v. HillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  5. Lefever v. KlineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Becker v. Borough of Schuylkill HavenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  2. Barale v. BaraleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  3. Commonwealth Bank v. IorioSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  4. Federal Farm Mortgage Corp. v. Howard, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Berks County1942
  5. Weir v. Taylor, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Chester County1967

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