Carpenter & Pierce Co. v. Rothwell

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

'The question is whether goods of a husband in possession of his wife are liable to execution for his debt which antedates the transfer of all his property to her. Plaintiff had judgment against the husband for $150 and levied on personal property in the wife’s possession and alleged to belong to the husband. She filed a property claim with the sheriff; a rule for an interpleader was taken, and was discharged after hearing. She has appealed from that order.

The rule of decision to be applied was considered in Gillespie v. Agnew, 22 Pa. Superior Ct. 557, where it was said:…