Ditman v. B. F. Raule & Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
_ ERROR TO THE COURT ON COMMON PLEAS NO. 3 ON PUTT, A DELRHIA COUNTY. No. 166 July Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 178 September Term 1886, C. P. No. 8. On November 20,1886, upon a single bill dated October 12, 1886, for $100 payable on demand, a judgment was entered in favor of B. Frank Paule & Co. against G. W. Drumeller for the sum of $110.60, including attorney’s commissions and interest.
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_ ERROR TO THE COURT ON COMMON PLEAS NO. 3 ON PUTT, A DELRHIA COUNTY. No. 166 July Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 178 September Term 1886, C. P. No. 8. On November 20,1886, upon a single bill dated October 12, 1886, for $100 payable on demand, a judgment was entered in favor of B. Frank Paule & Co. against G. W. Drumeller for the sum of $110.60, including attorney’s commissions and interest. On the same day an execution was issued, upon which the sheriff made a levy upon three certain printing presses and other property of a printing establishment. These presses and other property were…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Me. Justice Williams :
This was an issue framed under the provisions of the inter-pleader act. Ditman was the claimant of the goods levied on, and the title he set up rested on the following facts:
In March, 1886, Drumeller was the owner of a printing office, at No. 62 North Fourth St., Philadelphia. The sheriff levied upon all the presses, type and fixtures, and advertised the same for sale. Before the day of sale Ditman paid the sheriff the amounts due upon the writs in his hands and they were returned accordingly. He then bought all the materials from Drumeller at private sale, and…
2Cited by1 opinion
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