Meckley's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh coimty: Of January Term 1883, No. 1. This was an appeal by Lewis Meekley, from a decree of said court, making distribution of a certain fund in court.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh coimty: Of January Term 1883, No. 1. This was an appeal by Lewis Meekley, from a decree of said court, making distribution of a certain fund in court. The fund for distribution was the proceeds of a sheriff’s sale of the real estate of Jonas Christman, made August 26th 1881, under an execution upon a judgment for $1,800,.con-fessed by him to a trustee for his wife, entered May 9th 1879. Two separate parcels of real estate were sold at said sheriff’s sale; No. 1, for $1,580; No. 2, for $1,275. Mrs. Christman also held, by assignment, two other…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
The money for distribution arises from a sheriff’s sale of the real estate of Jonas Christman. The sale was made 26th August 1881, under a fieri facias issued upon a judgment in favor of his wife, Henrietta Christman. The amount paid into court is $1,201.20, which is the sum realized from the sale of lot number 2 to Lewis Meckley for $1,275, less the costs marked on the writ, $73.80, retained by the sheriff. Lot number 1 was sold on the same day and writ, to Lucy A. Weidnerfor $1,580. This sum the sheriff, on the 3d day of October 1881, paid to Henrietta Christman, the execution creditor, who…
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