Pennypacker's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester county. On the 31st of October 1865, Isaac B. Worth and Thomas G. Pennypacker presented their petition to the Court of Common Pleas of Chester county, setting forth that Isaac B. Worth, on the 26th of March 1861, borrowed $2000 from Jonathan Gause, for which a bond was given, and judgment was entered on it on the same day: That on the 1st of April 1864, Thomas G. Pennypacker borrowed $2000 from Gause, on which…
Read the full summary
Appeal from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester county. On the 31st of October 1865, Isaac B. Worth and Thomas G. Pennypacker presented their petition to the Court of Common Pleas of Chester county, setting forth that Isaac B. Worth, on the 26th of March 1861, borrowed $2000 from Jonathan Gause, for which a bond was given, and judgment was entered on it on the same day: That on the 1st of April 1864, Thomas G. Pennypacker borrowed $2000 from Gause, on which judgment was entered on the 29th of the same month. That on the 19th of December in the same year, both judgments were…
1Opinion of the Court
•The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Agnew, J.
The objection to the jurisdiction of the court in these cases was unfounded. Executions were in the hands of the sheriff who levied upon the personal estate of the defendants. They to avoid a sale paid the money to the sheriff, at the same time giving him notice not to pay it over to the plaintiff in the executions on account of the counter claims of U. Y. Pennypacker, administrator of John E. Watson, deceased, who had notified them that the debt secured by the judgments belonged to Watson’s estate and not to plaintiff, and not to pay over…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Coates v. RobertsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1833
- Heller v. Lessee of JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1811
3Cited by6 opinions
- Bechtel v. SheaferSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- Fisher v. Stevens Coal Co. (Et Al.,)Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- De Bow v. WollenbergOregon Supreme Court · 1908
- Mead v. SherwinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
- Perrin v. Crescent City Stockyard & Slaughterhouse Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.