Legal Opinion
Anshutz v. Hoerr
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania
Decided February 17, 1880Published
Opinion sur motion for a new trial, and on questions of law reserved.
1Opinion of the CourtAcheson, J.
This is an action on the case brought by Theodore F. Anshutz, assignee of Nicholas Wurzel, Sr., a bankrupt, against Philip Hoerr, to recover the value of certain personal property of the bankrupt, seized and sold by the sheriff of Allegheny county, by virtue of an execution from the court of common pleas No. 1, of said county, upon a confessed judgment in favor of Hoerr, alleged to be void under the bankrupt law, as giving an unlawful preference.
The case was tried before the late Judge Ketcham, and a verdict rendered for the plaintiff for the sum of $1,675, subject to the opinion of the court…
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