Noble v. Cope's Administrators
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Northampton county. This was an action of debt by Sarah Cope, Isaac Cope, and William Mutchler, administrators of Jacob Cope, late sheriff of Northampton county, deceased, against Prederick W. Noble, to recover a sum of money claimed to be due according to the condition of the following bond:— “ Know all men by these presents, That we, Prederick W. Noble and Theodore R. Sitgreaves, both of the borough of Easton, in the county of Northampton and…
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Error to the Common Pleas of Northampton county. This was an action of debt by Sarah Cope, Isaac Cope, and William Mutchler, administrators of Jacob Cope, late sheriff of Northampton county, deceased, against Prederick W. Noble, to recover a sum of money claimed to be due according to the condition of the following bond:— “ Know all men by these presents, That we, Prederick W. Noble and Theodore R. Sitgreaves, both of the borough of Easton, in the county of Northampton and commonwealth of Pennsylvania, are held and firmly bound unto Jacob Cope, sheriff of said county, in the sum of $1200, to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Woodward, C. J.
We are unable to see that the questions so ably discussed by the counsel of the plaintiff in error arise in the cause. It seems to us that they were all, perhaps with a single exception, concluded by the decree of March 24th 1857, awarding *30the proceeds of the sheriff’s sale to Collmar’s execution, in which decree Noble and the other execution-creditors acquiesced. Let us look at the legal effect of that decree.
Colimar and Noble, and other judgment-creditors of Christian Klusmeyer, took executions against him on the 10th of July*1855, by…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- M'Clelland v. SlingluffSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1844
- Shafner v. GilmoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1842
3Cited by2 opinions
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- United States v. Morrisdale Coal Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1942