McCullough v. Willey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 6, Jan. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1895, No. 1220, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of James A. McCullough v. John Henry Willey. Sheriff’s interpleader to determine' ownership of personal property.
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Appeal, No. 6, Jan. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1895, No. 1220, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of James A. McCullough v. John Henry Willey. Sheriff’s interpleader to determine' ownership of personal property. Before Brbgy, J. This was a feigned issue upon a sheriff’s interpleader under the act of April 10, 1848, in which James A. McCullough claimed to be the owner of certain spinning machinery levied upon under an execution of John Henry Willey against Josiah Crowther. No bond having been entered by the claimant, the machinery was sold by the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
When this case was here before (192 Pa. 176), we held that “ the bill of sale made by Beswick and Crowther to McCullough was absolute, and transferred the entire title of the grantors in the articles mentioned to the plaintiff, without any condition or qualification whatever.” We now repeat these words of our late Brother Green ; and the only question to he passed upon is, whether there was such actual or constructive fraud connected with the transfer as made it void when assailed by the appellant.
The transfer was made for the very proper purpose of pro- • *170tecting…
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