McLaughlin v. McLaughlin
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong county : Of October and November Term 1877, No. 162. Ejectment by Thomas McLaughlin against Mary McLaughlin, for twenty-two aeres of land. Both parties claimed the land in controversy, under conflicting sheriffs’ sales made of it as the property of William McLaughlin. William McLaughlin was the husband of defendant, and on the 3d of April 1861 owned the land in dispute.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong county : Of October and November Term 1877, No. 162. Ejectment by Thomas McLaughlin against Mary McLaughlin, for twenty-two aeres of land. Both parties claimed the land in controversy, under conflicting sheriffs’ sales made of it as the property of William McLaughlin. William McLaughlin was the husband of defendant, and on the 3d of April 1861 owned the land in dispute. On that day a judgment was entered against him in favor of J. E. Willis, to March Term 1861, No. 102. Upon this judgment a fi. fa. issued to June Term 1861, No. 78. Under this…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodward
In the trial of this cause in the court below, the parties asserted their respective titles to the land in controversy under conflicting sheriffs’ sales made of it as the property of William McLaughlin. The first sale was by virtue of process issued in a judgment entered on the 3d of April 1861, in favor of J. E. Willis. A fieri facias went into the sheriff’s hands on the 5th of April 1861, under which a levy on this land was made, and on which it was endorsed. Subsequently the writ was stayed by the order of the attorney for the plaintiff, and was returned to the office files. On the 80th of…
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