Brown v. Williamson's Executors
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Cumberland county. This was an attachment execution issued on a judgment in favour of William H. Brown & Co. against'Francis G. Williamson, for $645.15, aud served on John T. Greene and Adam Coover, executors of Johnston Williamson, deceased, the father of Francis G. Williamson, as garnishee.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Cumberland county. This was an attachment execution issued on a judgment in favour of William H. Brown & Co. against'Francis G. Williamson, for $645.15, aud served on John T. Greene and Adam Coover, executors of Johnston Williamson, deceased, the father of Francis G. Williamson, as garnishee. The parties agreed upon a case stated, in which the following facts were submitted for the opinion of the court, with leave to either party to sue out a writ of error. Johnston Williamson died in May 1859, leaving a large amount of real and personal property; and by his will,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Strong, J.
The judgment of the court below is sustained by the doctrine held in Holdship v. Patterson, 7 Watts 547, and in Ashhurst v. Given, 5 W. & S. 323. The latter of these cases can in no essential particular be distinguished from the present. From the principles recognised in them, there never has been any disposition in this court to depart. They have been approved in Norris v. Johnston, 5 Barr 289, and in Eyrick and Deppen v. v. Hetrick, 1 Harris 491.
The attempt to apply to this ease the doctrine of Williams v. Leech, 4 Casey 89, is futile, for…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Holdship v. PattersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1838
- Ashhurst v. GivenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1843
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