In re Assigned Estate of Wetzler

Citations

• 3 Pa. Super. 435
• 1897 Pa. Super. LEXIS 37

Syllabus

<p>Assigned estate — Judgments—Prior execution — Distribution.</p> <p>It is the status of a claim at the time of an assignment for benefit of creditors that determines the amount due thereon, but where a claim has been reduced to judgment and execution has issued thereon and levy been made, before the date of the assignment, there is a pro tanto satisfaction of so much of the judgment as was made on the execution. It follows,’ therefore, that the creditor can only claim a dividend on the balance due after such deduction, and not on the face of the claim.</p>