Legal Opinion

Appeal of Campbell

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 3, 1888No. 210PublishedCited by 6 opinions

FROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE INDIANA COUNTY. No. 210 October Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 41 June Term, 1885 (Ex. D.), C. P. In the distribution in the court below of the proceeds of the real estate of James W. Chambers, sold at sheriff’s sale to the execution number and term stated, a contention arose between Robert Campbell and others, lien creditors.

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FROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE INDIANA COUNTY. No. 210 October Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 41 June Term, 1885 (Ex. D.), C. P. In the distribution in the court below of the proceeds of the real estate of James W. Chambers, sold at sheriff’s sale to the execution number and term stated, a contention arose between Robert Campbell and others, lien creditors. On March 4,1875, an amicable judgment to secure the purchase money of real estate, in the deed for which the wife of Robert Campbell had not joined, was entered in favor of Robert Campbell against James W. Chambers, for $2,900,…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion,

Mu. Justice Paxson:

This was an appeal from the decree of the court below in the matter of the distribution of the money in the hands of the sheriff arising from the sale of the real estate of James W. Chambers. The appellant was the holder of a judgment against the said Chambers, which he claimed was a lien upon the real estate in controversy, and entitled to be paid out of the fund. The auditor allowed the claim, and decreed distribution accordingly. The learned court below reversed the-auditor upon exceptions filed, and postponed appellant’s judgment and awarded the fund to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Dowling v. McGregorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
  2. Davidson v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1847
  3. Michaelis v. BrawleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Moll v. LaffertySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  2. Keystone Brewing Co. v. SchermerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
  3. Curry v. MorrisonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
  4. Trader v. NewcomerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
  5. Adams ex rel. Drake v. Adams, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montour County1925

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