Downs v. McAllister

Citations

• 184 Pa. 372
• 39 A. 230
• 1898 Pa. LEXIS 905

Syllabus

<p>Justice of the peace—Proceedings to obtain possession by purchaser at sheriff's sale—Act of June 16, 1836.</p> <p>In proceedings before a justice of the peace under the Act of June 16, 1836, P. L. 755, to obtain possession of real estate purchased at a sheriff’s sale, the jurisdiction of the justice is ousted by an affidavit of a claimant to the effect that he did not claim the property as that of the defendant as whose property the same was sold, but by another deed; the affidavit setting out the place of record of the deed, and showing its date.</p>