Legal Opinion

Steel v. Bridenbach

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 15, 1844PublishedCited by 3 opinions

ERROR to the Common Pleas of Huntingdon county. Philip Bridenbach against James Steel, prothonotary. Feigned issue. The personal property of A. R. and C. E. Crane was sold by the sheriff, and the money brought into court for appropriation ; the court referred the subject to an auditor, who made a report. This was excepted to by several of the creditors, which gave rise to the necessity for an issue to try certain facts alleged and denied.

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ERROR to the Common Pleas of Huntingdon county. Philip Bridenbach against James Steel, prothonotary. Feigned issue. The personal property of A. R. and C. E. Crane was sold by the sheriff, and the money brought into court for appropriation ; the court referred the subject to an auditor, who made a report. This was excepted to by several of the creditors, which gave rise to the necessity for an issue to try certain facts alleged and denied. Philip Bridenbach was made the plaintiff, and the prothonotary, for the use of such of the creditors who were interested in the question to be tried, was…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Rogers, J.

The defendant in error moves the court to quash the writ, because Samuel Iset, for whose use and at whose instance the writ is sued out, is no party to the judgment. The money raised by the sale of the property of A. R. and C. E. Crane was referred for distribution to an auditor, whose report was excepted to-by two of the execution creditors, Alexander M’Vicker and Kennedy & Julian, because the auditor appropriated the proceeds of the sale to the payment of the judgment of Philip Bridenbach. On the 16th April 1842 the report was confirmed,…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. McIntyre v. SholtyIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Cadmus v. JacksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1866
  3. Alloy Metal Wire Company, Inc., AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938

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