In re rule upon Bastian
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari to the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming county: Of May Term 1879-, No. 129. This writ was taken by John S. Bastían, sheriff of Lycoming county, to an order of the court in the matter of a rule on said sheriff to show cause why an attachment should not issue against him for contempt in not answering a rule of said court.
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Certiorari to the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming county: Of May Term 1879-, No. 129. This writ was taken by John S. Bastían, sheriff of Lycoming county, to an order of the court in the matter of a rule on said sheriff to show cause why an attachment should not issue against him for contempt in not answering a rule of said court. The following facts, together with those contained in the opinion of this court, will sufficiently state the case: William Weightman obtained a judgment in the Court of Common Pleas of said county, against Peter Ilerdic, to No. 209, September Term 1878. Upon this…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
This cause, though spread over a large surface, presents but a single question, and one not difficult of solution. The proceeding in the court below was a rule upon the sheriff to show cause why he should not be attached, as for a contempt, in not paying into court the proceeds of the sale of certain real estate, sold by him as the property of Peter Herdic, under an execution issued out of the Common Pleas of Lycoming county, No. 155, September Term 1878, for the sum of $46,425. To the rule for an attachment, the sheriff answered substantially, that he had prepared and completed his return to…
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