Shaffer v. Watkins
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Perry county. Watkins, Dungan & Rust against Daniel Shaffer and Washington Shaffer. This was a proceeding under the Act of 16th June 1836, relating to executions. The plaintiffs obtained a judgment against Daniel Shaffer, upon which a fieri facias and attachment were issued, which was returned, served upon Washington Shaffer as garnishee.
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ERROR to the Common Pleas of Perry county. Watkins, Dungan & Rust against Daniel Shaffer and Washington Shaffer. This was a proceeding under the Act of 16th June 1836, relating to executions. The plaintiffs obtained a judgment against Daniel Shaffer, upon which a fieri facias and attachment were issued, which was returned, served upon Washington Shaffer as garnishee. On the 29th July 1843 a scire facias was issued against Daniel and Washington Shaffer, and a petition was presented to one of the Judges of the court of Perry county by defendants in error, setting forth the judgment, and that…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
The first, fourth and fifth errors are substantially the same, and may be considered together. They involve the-merits of the case as appearing in the answers, and also the power *227of the court to render judgment against the defendants. As to the merits of the case, we think it was abundantly shown by the facts and circumstances developed in'the answers to the interrogatories, that the bill of sale from Daniel Shaffer to his son, executed on the 7th July 1842, was collusive and fraudulent in contemplation of law. It appears that it contained…
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