Smith v. Nicholson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
A testatum fi. fa., issued from this court to Lycoming county, in this cause ; upon which the sheriff returned, that he had levied on a tract of land, surveyed in the name of John M'Micken, on the 12th February 1798, late the property of the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
John Nicholson, Esquire, the above defendant, being a debtor to the commonwealth on various accounts, one of his accounts, on which the sum of $58,429,24, was due to the commonwealth, was settled and entered in the books of the Comptroller General, on the third day of March 1796, and settled and entered in *7the books of the Register General, on the eighth day of March 1796 ; but the same were not transmitted, and received no confirmation from the governor.
* A question was stated for the opinion of the court, whether, the said settlement created any lien on the real L / estate of the said John…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. NichollsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1805
- M'Henry v. M'CallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1840
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