Enterprise Wall Paper Co. v. Rantoul Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 1, Jan. T., 1918, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Chester Co1., Aug. T., 1917, No. 14, entering judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto in case of Enterprise Wall Paper Co. v. Nilson Rantoul Co., Inc., and C. W. Rantoul Co., Inc. Sheriff’s interpléader.
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Appeal, No. 1, Jan. T., 1918, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Chester Co1., Aug. T., 1917, No. 14, entering judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto in case of Enterprise Wall Paper Co. v. Nilson Rantoul Co., Inc., and C. W. Rantoul Co., Inc. Sheriff’s interpléader. The facts appear from the following opinion by Hause, J.: On April 27, 1917, defendants recovered judgments against Marley Mills Corporation, in C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia County, aggregating $6,742.45. On these judgments, testatum fi. fas. issued, on May 3, 1917, to the sheriff of this county and levies were made upon…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
Until the paper manufactured by the Marley Mills Corporation under its contract of May 13,1916, with the appellant, the Enterprise Wall Paper Company, was actually delivered to that company, it was clearly liable to seizure by execution creditors of the corporation, for the law will not permit any device to elude the principle which forbids a lien to be created on chattels as a security separate from their possession: Jenkins v. Eichelberger, 4 Watts 121; Prichett et al. v. Cook, 62 Pa. 193. The judgment for the defendant in the feigned issue, having been properly entered non…
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