Appeal by Betz
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This case came up by appeal from the decree of the court of Common Pleas of Berks county, distributing the proceeds of the sale by the sheriff, of the real estate of Samuel Krauser, Adam Krauser, and Daniel Krauser.
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This case came up by appeal from the decree of the court of Common Pleas of Berks county, distributing the proceeds of the sale by the sheriff, of the real estate of Samuel Krauser, Adam Krauser, and Daniel Krauser. The real estate was sold on the 2nd-November, 1829, and the sum of two thousand five hundred ar(d ninety-seven dollars and thirty-seven cents, being brought.into Sourt for distribution, the matter was referred, by consent,To three conf|nissioners, who made a report to the court, allowing the following judgments, the circumstances of which, gave rise to the points which are settled…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Smith, J.
(His Honour stated fully the facts of the case.) The questions, which are to be decided here are. 1 Whether the lien of a judgment, is continued beyond five years, from the first return day of the term of which it is entered without a scirefacias to revive the same, by a fieri facias issued within a year and a day, and returned, levied on personal property, subject to prior executions, or, levied on personal property, as per inventory annexed, or returned, “nulla bona;” and 2ndly. Whether the transcript of a judgment of a justice of the peace,…
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- Scott v. RamsaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1807
- Commonwealth ex rel. Pennock's Executors v. M'KissonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1824
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