Taylor v. Ellis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 30, Jan. T- 1901, by-defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., March T., 1893, No. 486, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Annie Eugenie Taylor v. Samuel S. Ellis, Alfred S. Ellis and Joseph S. Albright, trading as M. Thomas & Sons, and, Thomas Ashby Blythe, Assignee for the Benefit of Creditors of Alexander K. Taylor. Replevin for goods levied upon, and in the custody of the sheriff’s auctioneer.
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Appeal, No. 30, Jan. T- 1901, by-defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., March T., 1893, No. 486, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Annie Eugenie Taylor v. Samuel S. Ellis, Alfred S. Ellis and Joseph S. Albright, trading as M. Thomas & Sons, and, Thomas Ashby Blythe, Assignee for the Benefit of Creditors of Alexander K. Taylor. Replevin for goods levied upon, and in the custody of the sheriff’s auctioneer. Before Wiltbank, J. The defendant presented this point: 5. If the jury believe that the goods in question in this suit had been levied on by the sheriff under the judgment…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Bbown,
On March 25, 1893, Thomas C. Fluke & Company issued execution against Alexander R. Taylor on a judgment which they had obtained against him in court of common pleas No. 3 of Philadelphia county. Two days later, on March 27, the sheriff levied on certain personal property as the goods of the defendant in the execution, and it is admitted that those for which this writ of replevin was issued were included in the levy. On April 15, Taylor executed a deed of assignment for the benefit of creditors to T. Ashby Blythe, appellant, and, a day or two afterwards, the goods…
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