Stoy v. Dobson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 87, Oct. T., 1900, by defendants, in suit of Carrie B. Stoy against John Dobson et ah, trading as John and James Dobson, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1898, No. 1078, on verdict for plaintiff. Opinion by Beaver, J. Sheriff’s interpleader under the Act of May 26, 1897, P. L. 95, for household goods claimed by plaintiff.
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Appeal, No. 87, Oct. T., 1900, by defendants, in suit of Carrie B. Stoy against John Dobson et ah, trading as John and James Dobson, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1898, No. 1078, on verdict for plaintiff. Opinion by Beaver, J. Sheriff’s interpleader under the Act of May 26, 1897, P. L. 95, for household goods claimed by plaintiff. It appears from the record and the evidence that the appellants on June 28, 1898, obtained a judgment against one John W. Stoy, and issued execution thereon, and had the sheriff make a levy at No. 3617 Spring Garden street, Philadelphia, where,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
The principle of Huffman v. McIlvaine, 13 Pa. Superior Ct. 108, governs this case. In that case the property was transferred to the wife by her father; in this, by a brother. In that, there were stock and farming implements outside the house as to which the wife could give directions to employees; in this, the property was entirely confined to the house. In that and in other cases of like tenor it was expressly held that the wife need not turn her husband out of doors, in order to assert her ownership, nor is it necessary, we take it, for her to placard the outside of her…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Huffman v. McIlvaineSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900