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Butler Savings Bank v. Osborne

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 30, 1893No. Appeal, No. 272PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal, No. 272, Oct. T., 1893, by Oil Well Supply Co., an execution creditor, from order of C. P. Butler Co., Sept. T., 1892, No. 38, dismissing exceptions to report of auditor, distributing proceeds of sheriff’s sale of property of D. Osborne et al. Exceptions to report of auditor distributing proceeds of sheriff sale of property of D. Osborne & Bros.

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Appeal, No. 272, Oct. T., 1893, by Oil Well Supply Co., an execution creditor, from order of C. P. Butler Co., Sept. T., 1892, No. 38, dismissing exceptions to report of auditor, distributing proceeds of sheriff’s sale of property of D. Osborne et al. Exceptions to report of auditor distributing proceeds of sheriff sale of property of D. Osborne & Bros. From the record it appeared that a writ of fi. fa. was issued on June 29, 1892, by the Butler County National Bank, and a second writ on June 30, 1892, by Collins & Ileasley to sell the personal property of D. Osborne & Bros. These two writs…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Williams,

The question raised on this record grows out of the following facts: The firm of D. Osborne & Brothers was engaged in drilling oil wells and producing oil. It was an owner of some leases on which it was operating, and a part owner as a tenant in common with other part owners in others. In the same district the firm of Carruthers & Peters was engaged in the same business, and in the same manner. Each of these firms bought an undivided one half of two leases, known respectively as the Cookman lease and the Duncan lease. Both leases were obtained from the same…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Dunham v. LoverockSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893

3Cited by15 opinions

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  5. Bell v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924

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