Legal Opinion

Campbell v. Sherman

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 3, 1892No. Appeal, No. 99PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal, No. 99, Jan. T., 1892, by judgment creditor, J. A. Hornet, from order of C. P. Sullivan Co., May T., 1888, No. 139, distributing fund arising from sheriff’s sale of real estate of Adam Sherman, on execution by Belinda Campbell. The material facts as they appeared before the auditor to distribute, Bryan S. Collins, are stated in the opinion of the Supremo Court.

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Appeal, No. 99, Jan. T., 1892, by judgment creditor, J. A. Hornet, from order of C. P. Sullivan Co., May T., 1888, No. 139, distributing fund arising from sheriff’s sale of real estate of Adam Sherman, on execution by Belinda Campbell. The material facts as they appeared before the auditor to distribute, Bryan S. Collins, are stated in the opinion of the Supremo Court. The condition of the bond, mentioned in the opinion of the Supreme Court, was as follows : “ That if the said Adam Sherman shall pay or cause to be paid unto the said J. A. Hornet the sum of $266.62 with interest from date of…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb.. Justice McCollum,

On the first of January, 1887, J. A. Hornet, the appellant, bought of Adam Sherman two judgments against A. R. Robbins on which there was then an unpaid balance of $592.38 and they were duly assigned to him. At the same time he loaned to Sherman $266.62. To secure the payment of the judgments and the money loaned he received the bond of Sherman in the sum of $859, on which, by virtue of the warrant of attorney contained therein, judgment was entered January 3,1887. On a distribution of the proceeds of a sale by the sheriff on the 13th of September, 1890, of the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Winton v. LittleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Searight's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  2. Baker v. SmallSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
  3. Bates' Administrator v. LockeryCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
  4. Chester City Presbyterian Church v. ConlinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
  5. First National Bank v. Stevenson, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Centre County1932

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