Hare v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1879, No. 379. Case stated wherein the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to use of John Porterfield & Co., was plaintiff, and John H. Hare, sheriff, and James Kelly and M. B. Brown, his sureties, were defendants.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1879, No. 379. Case stated wherein the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to use of John Porterfield & Co., was plaintiff, and John H. Hare, sheriff, and James Kelly and M. B. Brown, his sureties, were defendants. The following was the case as stated: That on June 9th 1875, John Porterfield & Co. obtained a judgment against John L. Lloyd, William Gordon, James Collins and C. L. Brennan, owners of the steamboat “ Juniata,” at No. 1224 'June Term 1875, of this court, for $1229.90, and the same day issued…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
delivered' the opinion of the court, November 28th 1879.
The Act of 8th April 1873, Pamph. L. 65, Purd. Dig. 1813, provides a special form of proceeding where it is sought to levy upon and sell the interest of a partner in the firm of which he is a member. Without entering into all the details of said act, it contains two features that are essentially different from the practice existing at the time of its passage. 1st. The judgment must be entered in the county where the chief office or place of business of the said partnership is or was last located; or if not entered in such county, then a…
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