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2 Yeates 434

Cox v. M'Dougal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 15, 1799

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1799-03-15

It appeared, that the plaintiff had issued a fieri facias returnable to 30th December 1797, on which the defendant’s goods and household furniture were levied, and the plaintiff requested of the sheriff, that the property might remain in the hands of the defendant, which was complied with. James Hawthorne obtained a second fi.fa. against the defendant. And afterwards James Cummins et at. sued out a third execution against his property.

Decided 1799-03-15

By the court.

¶1The case in 1 Wils. 44, has been impugned by--Other authorities. Vid. 1 Term Rep. 729, 731, 732. Espin. *435615. Carth. 419. Tlie general rule is, that the goods are hound by the delivery of the writ to the sheriff, both by the stat. 29 Car 2, in England, and by our act of 21st March 1772. 1 Dall. St. Laws, 641, § 4. Our own customs must control. In England, goods levied are generally removed, and the bailiffs are paid for the service. It is a common phrase there, that an execution is in the house. Where such practice obtains, a deviation from it gives a collusive credit to the defendant, to the injury of others. Here it is not the practice to remove goods levied on, provided the sheriff is secured as to their being produced when demanded, and the lien on the personal property has always been hold to continue, though it has not been removed on the fieri faoias. No person should.suffer for his humanity, where no ill effects are produced thereby. The sase of swift et al. v. Hartman some terms ago, was determined on the same grounds, after the first execution creditors had been inactive a considerable time.

¶2Motion denied.

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