Crawford v. McMahon
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 180, Oct. T., 1917, by Horace F. McCann, from order of C. P. No. 5, Pbiladelphia Co., Sept. T., 1914, No. 4822, making absolute rule to disallow claim for storage in case of James Crawford v. John F. McMahon and Marie McMahon. Rule to show cause why storage claim should not be disallowed. From the record it appeared that plaintiff issued execution against personal property of the defendants.
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Appeal, No. 180, Oct. T., 1917, by Horace F. McCann, from order of C. P. No. 5, Pbiladelphia Co., Sept. T., 1914, No. 4822, making absolute rule to disallow claim for storage in case of James Crawford v. John F. McMahon and Marie McMahon. Rule to show cause why storage claim should not be disallowed. From the record it appeared that plaintiff issued execution against personal property of the defendants. The goods levied upon were in a building owned by Horace F. McCann, the claimant. McCann filed a claim with the sheriff for storage and rent charges for the goods levied upon. The plaintiff…
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Trexler, J.,
The Act of July 11, 1901, P. L. 663, designates the fees to be received by sheriffs in this Commonwealth, and among other things provides that the sheriff shall have “reasonable expenses of insurance, arranging goods for sale, heat, light, storage, rent, transportation, feeding live stock, and similar expenses incurred in caring and keeping goods and chattels levied upon, when the same is necessary and advantageous, or when requested by the plaintiff or defendant to incur such expense.”
*21The claimant asks that «$174 be allowed him for storage out of the funds in the hands…
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