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· 10/7/1895

Commonwealth ex rel. Friedman v. Meyer

Citations

  • 170 Pa. 380
  • 32 A. 1044
  • 1895 Pa. LEXIS 1417

Syllabus

<p>Attachment under act of March 17, 1869 — Bond—Sheriff.</p> <p>Where an attachment under the act of March 17, 1869, P. L. 9, is issued subject to the lien of a prior levy unciera fi. fa., and the sheriff sells goods in excess of the amount of the judgment under which the fi. fa. issued, and the attaching creditor fails to sustain the attachment, and the surplus in the sheriff’s hands is paid over to the defendant in the execution, the attaching creditor is not liable for the loss occasioned to the defendant in the execution by the act of the sheriff in soiling more goods than was necessary under the fi. fa. In such a case the remedy of the defendant in the execution is against the sheriff.</p> <p>Attachment under act of 1869 — Costs—Counsel fees.</p> <p>The words “ all legal costs, fees and damages,” in the fraudulent debitors’ act of March 17, 1869, do not include counsel fees.</p>

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  • recognizing that in suspension situations, when a claimant’s light-duty job ends under circumstances where neither the claimant nor the employer bears any culpability, the employer must either find other suitable and available work for the claimant or resume payment of benefits

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Judges: Dean, Fell, Green, McCollum, Williams

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