Wilbur v. Strickland
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford county. This action of trespass was brought in the court below by Jlmos Strickland, claiming to be owner of certain goods, which had been levied on by a deputy>.of Reuben Wilbur, the sheriff of the county, on a Fieri Facias issued against John B. Farr, at the suit of Eason Baily: A. great deal of. testimony was given on the trial, which, from the clear and condensed view taken of-it in delivering the opinion of the court, it is"…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford county. This action of trespass was brought in the court below by Jlmos Strickland, claiming to be owner of certain goods, which had been levied on by a deputy>.of Reuben Wilbur, the sheriff of the county, on a Fieri Facias issued against John B. Farr, at the suit of Eason Baily: A. great deal of. testimony was given on the trial, which, from the clear and condensed view taken of-it in delivering the opinion of the court, it is" unnecessary here to'set forth. Two points were made in arguing the. writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
The,opinion of the court was delivered by
Smith, J.
The defendant in error brought an action of trespass in the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford county,, against Reuben Wilbur, the plaintiff in error, for taking, seizing, and carrying away his goods, of the value of two hundred dollars. A verdict and judgment were rendered for-the plaintiff below; and in the course of the trial, it appeared, that Reuben Wilbur, the defendant, (while sheriff of that county;) had) (by virtue of a Fieri Facias, issued upon a judgment obtained by Eason Baily against John B. Farr,) levied, by a deputy, on personal…
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