Byers v. Hoch
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Writ of error to the Common Pleas of Union. July 23. This was an action of ejectment, in which William Byers was the plaintiff, and Jonathan Hoch was the defendant.
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Writ of error to the Common Pleas of Union. July 23. This was an action of ejectment, in which William Byers was the plaintiff, and Jonathan Hoch was the defendant. The following facts, by the agreement of the parties, were con- ’ sidered in the nature of a special .verdict:— On the 9th of August, 1843, William Glover was the owner in fee of the property in dispute; and on the 30th November, 1843, Hart, Andrews & M’Keever, for the use of Farnum & Co., obtained a judgment against the said William Glover for $404.66 with costs of suit. A fi. fa. No. 27, December Term, 1845, was issued on said…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of this court was delivered by
Burnside, J.
Before the passage of the act of the 6th of April, 1830, a series of decisions had settled and established the law in Pennsylvania, that a party purchasing at a judicial sale, fairly made, shall hold the land free, not only from liens on account of the debts of the person as whose estate it is sold; but on account of the debts of the previous owners of the land from whom he derived title: Luce v. Snively, 4 Watts, 397. The cases on this subject are arranged in Whart. Dig., tit. Execution, letter L.
The act before recited, of 1830, Stroud’s…
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