Tasker v. Sheldon
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1886, No. 198. Assumpsit by D. Sheldon against Charles P.. Tasker on the following instrument in writing: Philadelphia, October 13th, 1885. Spring Garden Bank, “Pay to the order of D. Sheldon one hundred and fifty dollars ($150). [Signed] ' Charles P. Tasker. “Endorsed, D. Sheldon. “D. Webster Dougherty. “ Attorney for Plaintiff.”
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1886, No. 198. Assumpsit by D. Sheldon against Charles P.. Tasker on the following instrument in writing: Philadelphia, October 13th, 1885. Spring Garden Bank, “Pay to the order of D. Sheldon one hundred and fifty dollars ($150). [Signed] ' Charles P. Tasker. “Endorsed, D. Sheldon. “D. Webster Dougherty. “ Attorney for Plaintiff.” Judgment was entered for want of an affidavit of defence, and damages assessed at $150.93. A writ of fieri facias was issued on the same, and a levy made on the household furniture of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
The Act of the 9th of April, 1848, vests in a defendant in execution, issued on a judgment obtained on a contract and distress for rent, an absolute right to have an exemption of his property to the value of three hundred dollars, and of this he cannot be deprived by the summary action of a court. He may voluntarily waive this right, or he may lose it by neglecting to claim it in the proper time, otherwise, if he demands of the officer levying the execution or distress for rent an appraisement, and it is refused, that officer must take upon himself the responsibility of such refusal: Freeman…
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