Loew's Administrator v. Stocker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
March 20th 1871. Before Thompson, C. J., Read, Agnew and Sharswood, JJ. Williams, J.„ at Nisi Prius. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Oarhon county: No. 297, to January Term 1871. This was an action of debt, commenced August 29th 1867, by Francis Stocker, late sheriff of Carbon county, against Jonathan Brock, O. H. Wheeler, E. W. Harlan and Conrad Loew, who survived Amos Lentz.
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March 20th 1871. Before Thompson, C. J., Read, Agnew and Sharswood, JJ. Williams, J.„ at Nisi Prius. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Oarhon county: No. 297, to January Term 1871. This was an action of debt, commenced August 29th 1867, by Francis Stocker, late sheriff of Carbon county, against Jonathan Brock, O. H. Wheeler, E. W. Harlan and Conrad Loew, who survived Amos Lentz. The declaration was against the defendants jointly, on a bond given by them to indemnify the plaintiff for selling .goods under an execution at the suit of Maria Brock against Almira Knowles and William Reed. The…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered,
by Sharswood, J.
This action was against the defendant below as the administrator of one of the obligors of a joint and several bond of indemnity to the obligee, who was the sheriff of Carbon county when it was executed. Its object was to save him harmless in the seizure and sale of certain goods under an execution in his hands. No question was made as to the signing and sealing by the decedent, and that it was delivered by one of the obligors to the sheriff, it is not pretended that there was any actual fraud or false representation upon the faith of…
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