Legal Opinion

Kightlinger's Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 30, 1882PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Certiorari on appeal to the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford county: Of July Term 1882, No. 191. This was an appeal by E. B. Kightlinger, administrator of W. H. Kightlinger, deceased, from a decree of said court distributing the proceeds of a sheriff’s sale of personalty sold in execution, as the property of James H. Davis.

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Certiorari on appeal to the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford county: Of July Term 1882, No. 191. This was an appeal by E. B. Kightlinger, administrator of W. H. Kightlinger, deceased, from a decree of said court distributing the proceeds of a sheriff’s sale of personalty sold in execution, as the property of James H. Davis. The auditor to whom the case was referred reported the following facts : — The fund for distribution, $1,476.10, was made from the sheriff’s sale of personal property of James II. Davis on writs of fi. fa. issued upon two judgments against said Davis, in favor of A.…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green

On the back of the alias fi. fa. for the use of Kightlinger v. Stitzcr and Davis is written the following:

“ By virtue of this writ I have levied upon all the following property : Three horses, fourteen cows, ten head of young cattle, forty sheep, seven lambs, four hogs, two wagons, one top buggy, one other buggy, one sleigh, one pair bobs, two sets double harness, two single harness, lot of hay, oats and corn, lot of farming utensils, lot of household goods, and all other personal property of the defendants.
“ O. H. P. Dickson, Deputy.
“ George P. Ryan, Sheriff.”

The writ was issued, on March…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Markofski v. YanksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
  2. Storrie v. McAlester Fuel Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1943
  3. Latsha v. Latsha, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County1935

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