Mausel v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.

Citations

• 171 Pa. 606
• 33 A. 377
• 1895 Pa. LEXIS 1347

Syllabus

<p>Execution—Special Ji. fa. under act of April 7,1870—Act of June 16,1836 —Bailroads— Corporations.</p> <p>The special fieri facias allowed by the act of April 7, 1870, P. L. 58, on which corporate property may be sold, is a substitute for the writ of sequestration provided by section 73, of the act of June 16, 1836, P. L. 755, and compliance with the conditions precedent to the issuance of the latter is necessary to authorize the former.</p> <p>If the special fieri facias be issued without a demand having been first made upon the officer's of the corporation, and without a levy having been made upon the personal property of the company, the writ will be stayed.</p>