Rohrer v. Cunningham
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEPENDANTS PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OP ARMSTRONG COUNTY. No. 88 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 188 September Term 1887, C. P. On September 3,1887, an appeal was entered by the defendants from the judgment of a justice of the peace in an action by George S. Rohrer against Alexander Cunningham and Josiah Klingensmith. Issue.
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APPEAL BY DEPENDANTS PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OP ARMSTRONG COUNTY. No. 88 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 188 September Term 1887, C. P. On September 3,1887, an appeal was entered by the defendants from the judgment of a justice of the peace in an action by George S. Rohrer against Alexander Cunningham and Josiah Klingensmith. Issue. At the trial on December 18, 1888, upon evidence as to the facts sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court, the plaintiff claimed to recover the value of an organ which had been distrained and sold by Alexander Cunningham,…
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Pee Cueiam:
The first section of the act of May 13, 1876, P. L. 171, provides that “ all pianos, melodeons and organs, leased or hired by any person or persons residing within this commonwealth, shall be exempt from levy and sale on execution or distress for rent due by such person or persons so leasing or hiring any such piano or pianos, melodeon or melodeons, organ or organs, in addition to any articles or money now exempt by law: Provided, that the owner or owners of any such piano, melodeon, or organ, or his or their agent, or the person or persons so leasing or hiring the same, shah give…
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