Legal Opinion

Snyder v. Crawford

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 3, 1881PublishedCited by 1 opinion

June 16th and 17th 1881. Before Sharswood, O. J., Mercur, Gordon, Paxson, Trunkey, Sterrett and Green, J J. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin county : Of May Term 1881, No. 185. ■ Scire facias to revive judgment, brought by Margaret Snyder against John E. Crawford, administrator of Martin B. Wingert, deceased, with notice to Isaac Burkholder, Christian "Wingert, Adam Small and Henry Small, terre-tenants.

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June 16th and 17th 1881. Before Sharswood, O. J., Mercur, Gordon, Paxson, Trunkey, Sterrett and Green, J J. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin county : Of May Term 1881, No. 185. ■ Scire facias to revive judgment, brought by Margaret Snyder against John E. Crawford, administrator of Martin B. Wingert, deceased, with notice to Isaac Burkholder, Christian "Wingert, Adam Small and Henry Small, terre-tenants. The judgment sought to be revived was upon a judgment note for $3,000 given by Martin B. Wingert to his daughter, Margaret Snyder, the plaintiff, and entered in the Common Pleas…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur

The plaintiff held a judgment against Martin B. Wingert, which was a lien on three tracts of laud. On the 28th September 1875, she executed a writing whereby she agreed that the agents of the owner of the land should sell one of the tracts clear of the lien of her judgment, provided the money produced by the sale be applied to the payment of her judgment according to its priority of lien. On the 2d October following the tract was sold and conveyed to Adam Small and Henry Small, two of the defendants. On distribution of the proceeds according to priority of liens, the money did not reach the…

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