Little v. Fearon
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 19, Oct. T., 1911, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Delaware Co., March T., 1909, No. 333, for defendant in the interpleader in case of Mary Downing Little y. W. F. Fearon, trading as Wm. F. Fearon & Co. Sheriff’s interpleader to determine title to household goods. Before Broomall, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 19, Oct. T., 1911, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Delaware Co., March T., 1909, No. 333, for defendant in the interpleader in case of Mary Downing Little y. W. F. Fearon, trading as Wm. F. Fearon & Co. Sheriff’s interpleader to determine title to household goods. Before Broomall, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict for defendant for $3,175.85 on which judgment was entered for $1,045.13, all above that amount having been remitted. Plaintiff appealed. Errors assigned were (1-5), quoted in full in the opinion of the Superior Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
On .January 5, 1909, William F. Fearon, the defendant, recovered a verdict in an action brought by him against Henry Ashton Little, the husband of the plaintiff. The next day Little signed a bill of sale to his wife, the plaintiff, for certain personal property in their dwelling house and on the same day caused it to be recorded. The recording of the bill of sale amounts to nothing, because no act of assembly authorizes or requires such recording, and, therefore, the record does not give constructive notice to anybody. No actual change of the possession of the property…
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