Poole v. Williamson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This case came before the court on an appeal from the decree of the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia, distributing part of the proceeds of the real estate of Poole, which had been sold under a venditioni exponas. The decree was brought into this court by Hester Golly, a judgment creditor, under the provisions of the act of the 16th of April, 1827, “ relative to the distribution of money arising from sheriffs and coroner’s sales.”
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This case came before the court on an appeal from the decree of the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia, distributing part of the proceeds of the real estate of Poole, which had been sold under a venditioni exponas. The decree was brought into this court by Hester Golly, a judgment creditor, under the provisions of the act of the 16th of April, 1827, “ relative to the distribution of money arising from sheriffs and coroner’s sales.” The facts were these: The proceeds of the sale had been distributed by the sheriff; except the sum of four hundred and thirty-six dollars,…
1Per curiam
The first revival is conceded to have been in time; and the question is as to the termination of the period to which it extended. The proceedings were entirely under the act of the 4th of April, 1798, by which the lien of a judgment is restricted to a period of five years from the first return day of the term to which it was entered, and the second period must consequently begin to run from the termination of the first. Here, if the second period ended at the termination of ten years from the first return day of the term to which the original judgment was entered, the second revival came too…
2Cited by4 opinions
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- In re Fulton's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1866
- City of Philadelphia v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
- Sinkett v. Wunder, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1827