Hostetter v. Cleaver

Citations

• 228 Pa. 233
• 77 A. 442
• 1910 Pa. LEXIS 460

Syllabus

<p>Sheriff’s interpleader — Issue—Evidence—Case for jury.</p> <p>On the trial of a feigned issue to determine the ownership of personal property levied on bjr the sheriff, a, verdict and judgment for plaintiff will be sustained where the evidence although conflicting tended to show that the defendant in the writ under which the levy was made had been in possession of the property under an agreement of conditional sale in which it was provided that in the event of a default in the payments, the vendor might retake possession of the property, and that the vendor, who was the plaintiff in the issue, had retaken possession under the agreement, two days before the levy was made.</p>