Legal Opinion

Snyder v. Stehman

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 28, 1899Published

No. 14, March T., 1899, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. York Co., on verdict for defendant. Opinion by Orlady, J. Replevin. Before Stewart, J. It appears from the record and evidence that upon an execution against Samuel Urey, the sheriff sold to the plaintiff a half interest in a lot of corn in the cribs on the farm owned by Stehman & Garber.

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No. 14, March T., 1899, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. York Co., on verdict for defendant. Opinion by Orlady, J. Replevin. Before Stewart, J. It appears from the record and evidence that upon an execution against Samuel Urey, the sheriff sold to the plaintiff a half interest in a lot of corn in the cribs on the farm owned by Stehman & Garber. At the time of sale both Samuel Urey, the defendant in the fi. fa., and his sons Caleb E. Urey and Robert M. Urey, lived upon the premises, in the same house. After the sale was over and the sheriff had gone, the plaintiff, Snyder, went for his…

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Oblady, J.,

By virtue of a writ of fieri facias, which was issued against Samuel Urey, a lot of corn was levied upon as it stood in shock in the field where it was grown on the farm of Stehman and Garber, which had been occupied by Samuel Urey as tenant for more than thirty years. Two sons of Samuel Urey, the defendants in this action, lived in the same house with their father and claimed to own the corn as tenants of Stehman and Garber. A rule in interpleading proceedings, which were instituted by the sheriff, was served on them and they failed to appear and maintain their claim to…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Harlan v. HarlanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1851
  2. Glessner v. PattersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  3. Reinheimer v. HemingwaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1860
  4. Long v. SeaversSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1884
  5. Burns v. CooperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1858

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