Babb v. Clemson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR, The questions raised upon the record .of this case, which was returned on a writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Chesr t.er county, accompanied by several bills of exceptions as well to evidence, as to the charge of the court,
1Opinion of the Court
after which the opinion of the court was delivered by
Tilghman, C. J.
Elizabeth Clemsoy, the plaintiff below, brought this action against Sampson Babb, sheriff of Chester county, for seizing her goods, by virtue of an execution on a judgment obtained by Joseph Boyd against Benjamin Pusey. The plaintiff claimed the goods under a sale made by Pusey to her prior to the execution, and whether this sale was fraudulent was the main question in the eaus.e. Fraud ,was inferred, from the circumstance of the goods remaining in the possession of the vendor, after the sale aqd at the time of the execution.…
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- Babb v. ClemsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1824
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