Gross v. Karp

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

A landlord appeals from judgment for plaintiff in an action of replevin tried without a jury. Plaintiff averred that he owned certain personal property leased to one Karp, and that he was entitled to recover it. He received the goods from the sheriff. The sheriff’s return to the writ is not printed, but it appears by the history of the case, that the sheriff added the name of one, Kopp, as a party defendant (section 2, Replevin Act, April 19, 1901, P. L. 88); he is described as a constable, said to have made a distress with or in behalf of the landlord for rent in arrear.

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