Trovillo v. Tilford
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the district court of Allegheny county. This was an action of trespass vi et armis et de bonis, S?c., by Elijah Trovillo, Esq., high sheriff, against Samuel Tilford and A. M. Tilford.
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ERROR to the district court of Allegheny county. This was an action of trespass vi et armis et de bonis, S?c., by Elijah Trovillo, Esq., high sheriff, against Samuel Tilford and A. M. Tilford. The sheriff having in his hands a fieri facias, at the suit of W. P. and T. M. Bryan, against Samuel Tilford, went to the defendant and told him, he was directed to levy on his personal property; defendant replied, that the property belonged to his son, A. M. Tilford, who was then absent. The defendant and sheriff went together to the plaintiffs’ attorney, when it was agreed that the defendant should…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
Although the testimony may greatly preponderate in favour of the position assumed by the defendant’s counsel, that A. M. Tilford, the son, was the owner of the goods on which the levy was made, yet, we think the court were wrong in ruling, as a matter of law, that there was no legal evidence that the defendant’s claim to the property in question, was fraudulent. The allegation by the plaintiff, was, that the goods were the property of Samuel Tilford, the father, and that the transfer to the son was colourable, and made with a design to cover…
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