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Meason's Estate

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 15, 1835PublishedCited by 18 opinions

APPEAL from the decree of the court of common pleas of Fayette county, in the case of the sale of the real estate of Isaac Meason, Esq. Bank of Washington v. Isaac Meason.

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APPEAL from the decree of the court of common pleas of Fayette county, in the case of the sale of the real estate of Isaac Meason, Esq. Bank of Washington v. Isaac Meason. The facts relating to this judgment were these. 30lh of April 1822, judgment: fieri facias to January term 1824, levied on real estate, inquisition and condemnation : scire facias to January term 1828; 6th of January 1831, judgment : amicable revival to January térm 1832, entered the 1 ith of November 1831 :■ fieri facias to January term 1833, not taken out of the office: alias fieri facias to September term 1833, stayed,…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court wras delivered by

Rogers, J.

—A variety of objections have been made, in the appropriations of the money arising from this sale, affecting the lien of the different judgments, each of which I shall notice in their order.

In Bailey v. Meason, which is the first judgment, no exceptions have been filed, as it is properly admitted, on the authority of recent cases, that it. has lost its lien. The order discharging the rule is affirmed.

The next in order is the Bank of Washington v. Meason, indorsee, & c.

It is insisted that the lien is preserved by virtue of the levy and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Vitry ex rel. Vitry v. DauciSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1831
  2. Poole v. WilliamsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1833
  3. Davis v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1824

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Davis v. SmithSupreme Court of Vermont · 1875
  2. In re Fulton's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1866
  3. Porter v. HitchcockSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1881
  4. Lowber & Wilmer's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1845
  5. City of Philadelphia v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879

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