Jermyn v. Moffitt
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error' to the Mayor’s Court of the city of Qarhondale : No. 150, to July Term 1873. This case was originally brought by Patrick Moffit against John Jermyn, before a justice of the peace, and removed into the Mayor’s Court by appeal October 24th 1871. The plaintiff claimed to recover wages due by defendant to John Leslie, which he had assigned to plaintiff by the following paper : “ In consideration of existing indebtedness to Patrick Moffitt, I do hereby assign and set over…
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Error' to the Mayor’s Court of the city of Qarhondale : No. 150, to July Term 1873. This case was originally brought by Patrick Moffit against John Jermyn, before a justice of the peace, and removed into the Mayor’s Court by appeal October 24th 1871. The plaintiff claimed to recover wages due by defendant to John Leslie, which he had assigned to plaintiff by the following paper : “ In consideration of existing indebtedness to Patrick Moffitt, I do hereby assign and set over to the said Moffitt five dollars a month of my earnings, in the employment of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, or…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, May 11th 1874, by
Mercur, J.
The first assignment of error is to the answer of the court on an abstract proposition'submitted by the plaintiff' in error. In view of the broad and general terms in which the point was presented, we see no error in the answer. In some cases a valid assignment may be made of moneys thereafter to be made, or of grain thereafter to be grown: Grantham v. Hawley, Hobart 132; Petch v. Tutin, 15 M. & W. 109; or of the future earnings of a railroad: Bittenbender v. S. & E. Railroad Co., 4 Wright 270. If counsel desire an answer…
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