Renn v. Tallman
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 15, Feb. T., 1904, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lycoming Co., Sept. T., 1902, No. 125, on verdict for plaintiff in case of C. B. Penn v. Artley Tallman. Sheriff’s interpleader to determine the ownership of a team of horses and set of harness. Before Hart, P. J. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was that the charge as a whole was inadequate.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
This was a sheriff’s interpleader issue framed to determine the ownership of a team of horses and a set of harness levied upon as the property of Ralph Bigger by virtue of an execution in favor of Artley Tallman the appellant. They had never been in the actual possession of C. B. Renn, the claimant, prior to the execution, but were delivered directly to Bigger by Albert Wilson, the former owner, and were in the possession of Bigger at the time of the levy. The contention of Renn, briefly stated, was that he bought the chattels from Wilson, and, after the execution of a…
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