Legal Opinion

Bryson v. Myers

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 15, 1841PublishedCited by 1 opinion

ERROR to the Common Pleas of Cumberland county. This was an issue directed by the court to try the right to the proceeds of the sale of the real estate of George Eppley by the sheriff to Jacob Myers, the defendant, for $370. The judgments were, as appeared by the record, 1st. John Shoff v. George Eppley, Rl. Dt. $250. Interest from 23d of March 1837. Entered 29th of May 1837. 2d. Samuel Eberly v. Same, Rl.

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ERROR to the Common Pleas of Cumberland county. This was an issue directed by the court to try the right to the proceeds of the sale of the real estate of George Eppley by the sheriff to Jacob Myers, the defendant, for $370. The judgments were, as appeared by the record, 1st. John Shoff v. George Eppley, Rl. Dt. $250. Interest from 23d of March 1837. Entered 29th of May 1837. 2d. Samuel Eberly v. Same, Rl. Dt. $45. Interest from 8th of August 1837. Entered 1st of September 1837. On the 16th of March 1840, there was filed a written assignment of this judgment by the plaintiff to Jacob Myers,…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Kennedy, J.

This was a feigned issue, ordered by the court *425below, for the purpose of determining the respective rights of the parties to receive the money arising from a judicial sale of a house and lot of ground, situate in Shireman’stown, as the property of George Eppley. The facts of the case, from the evidence, would appear to be, that George Eppley had been the owner of the house and lot anterior to the 29th of May 1837, and continued to be so until the 28th of September 1838, when he sold and convoyed the same by deed to Jacob Myers, the…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Souder's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868

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