Englebert v. Blanjot
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was a writ of error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia, to remove the record of an action of replevin, brought in that court by Leonard Englebert against Louis Francis Blanjot, for certain articles of marble work, &c.
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This was a writ of error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia, to remove the record of an action of replevin, brought in that court by Leonard Englebert against Louis Francis Blanjot, for certain articles of marble work, &c. The facts of the case as they appeared in evidence on'trial in the Court below, were substantially as follows: On the 13th day of March, 1833, Cyprian Poullalier, of the City of Philadelphia, marble mason, executed to the defendent, the following assignment: “ Know all men by these presents, that I, Cyprian Poullalier, of the city of Philadelphia,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Gibsopt, C. J.
The bact of 1818 is not only remedial, but greatly beneficial; and it is consequently to be liberally construed in suppression of the mischief. It has lessened, if it has not eradicated, abuses by which creditors were baffled, and sometimes eluded. The debtor not only makes his own bankrupt law, but appoints his own assignees: the consequence of which was a defect of accountability, and sometimes an ineffectual pursuit of the fund by actions at law against successive trustees, who had it in turn, till pursuit were abandoned. The provision…
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