Weisman v. Weisman
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Schuylkill County
No. 254 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 226 November Term 1889, C. P. On October 11, 1889, a writ of certiorari to M. M. Ketner, a justice of tlie peace, was issued, and the return made thereto showed that on June 8, 1889, judgment was entered by said justice in favor of William Weisman against Lewis Weisman for $26, and costs. The transcript did not show the consideration of the indebtedness.
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No. 254 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 226 November Term 1889, C. P. On October 11, 1889, a writ of certiorari to M. M. Ketner, a justice of tlie peace, was issued, and the return made thereto showed that on June 8, 1889, judgment was entered by said justice in favor of William Weisman against Lewis Weisman for $26, and costs. The transcript did not show the consideration of the indebtedness. Execution was issued upon said judgment, and returned “ no goods; ” and on October 8,1889, an attachment execution w'as issued and served upon tlie Philadelphia & Beading Coal & Iron…
1Per curiam
Waiving the question whether an appeal lies in this case, we find no such error in the record as would justify us in reversing the judgment. It is true that under the act of 1845 the wages of labor could not be attached. The act of May 8, 1876, allowed wages to be attached for board, but under it the defendant was not deprived of his exemption. Then came the act of April 4, 1889, P. L. 23, which enacts “ that, from and after the passage of this act, no exemption of property..... shall be allowed on judgment obtained for board for four weeks or less.” The attachment here was issued by the…