Legal Opinion

In re Pritchard

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania

Decided January 8, 1912No. 1,332Published

In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings by Paul R. Pritchard. On certificate to review an order of the referee sustaining- the priority of a judgment lien on the proceeds of certain real property.

1Opinion of the Court

WITHER, District J udge.

This is a controversy between two creditors of the bankrupt, the Farmers’ National Bank of Athens and the Sayre Building & Loan Association, on distribution of the proceeds ($800) of a certain lot (41) sold by the bankrupt’s trustee. The bankrupt contracted by agreement in writing, dated September 8, 1904, to purchase from one Harry R. Crandall two lots, including No. 41, and pay for both the sum of $400, in manner as follows:

“One hundred ($100.00) dollars down, one hundred and fifty ($150.00) dollars on the first day of January 1905, by which time party of the second…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Campbell & Pharo's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1860
  2. Foster's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1846
  3. Russell's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1851
  4. Assigned Estate of Fair Hope North Savage Fire Brick Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897

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