Leshey v. Gardner
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of York county. James Lewis, Esq., Executor of John Gardner, Esq., against Jacob Leshey and Jacob Leshey, Jr. This was an action of ejectment brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiffs in error for 170 acres of land in York county. The plaintiff below claimed title in his testator, through an alleged sheriff’s sale of the property as the property of Jacob Leshey, at which his testator became the purchaser.
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ERROR to the Common Pleas of York county. James Lewis, Esq., Executor of John Gardner, Esq., against Jacob Leshey and Jacob Leshey, Jr. This was an action of ejectment brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiffs in error for 170 acres of land in York county. The plaintiff below claimed title in his testator, through an alleged sheriff’s sale of the property as the property of Jacob Leshey, at which his testator became the purchaser. The plaintiff gave in evidence a judgment in the Common Pleas of said county, Joseph O’Brien et at v. Jacob Leshey, for $1622.07, on 11th of May…
1Opinion of the Court
*318The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
— Joseph O’Brien and others obtained judgment against Jacob Leshey, one of the defendants. A fi-fa. was issued, the property in dispute levied on and condemned, and a venditioni issued and put in the hands of the sheriff. On this writ the property was sold, and the purchaser (the plaintiff’s testator) paid the purchase money; which was regularly applied to the payment of the defendant’s debts. The writ was not returned; but after the return day, viz. on the 10th of November 1836, A. Klinefelter, the then sheriff, (the former sheriff’s term…
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