Bryan v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 154, Oct. T., 1912, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Beaver Co., March T., 1910, No. 310, for defendants in case of Henry A. Bryan and Mary Bryan, Widow and Heir at Law of Aaron Boone Bryan (now deceased), devisees and heirs at law under the Last Will and Testament of Ann Bryan, Deceased, v. The Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., Oliver A. Douds and All Others in Possession. Ejectment for tract of land in Hopewell Township. Trial before Holt, J., without a jury.
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Appeal, No. 154, Oct. T., 1912, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Beaver Co., March T., 1910, No. 310, for defendants in case of Henry A. Bryan and Mary Bryan, Widow and Heir at Law of Aaron Boone Bryan (now deceased), devisees and heirs at law under the Last Will and Testament of Ann Bryan, Deceased, v. The Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., Oliver A. Douds and All Others in Possession. Ejectment for tract of land in Hopewell Township. Trial before Holt, J., without a jury. The court found the facts to be as follows: FINDINGS OF FACT. 1. On the 23d day of August, 1893, at No. 287, September…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
The validity of the execution process under which the ' *194real estate of Henry A. Bryan was sold to defendant’s predecessor, does not depend in the slightest degree upon the regularity of the judgment obtained in the revival proceedings. The execution issued on the original judgment. True, this judgment, except as revived, was not a lien upon the land sold, inasmuch as the land had been acquired subsequent to its rendition; but it was notwithstanding sufficient to support execution process; and when under such process the land was levied on, it thereby became…
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