Mettfett v. Mohn

Citations

• 171 Pa. 395
• 33 A. 367
• 1895 Pa. LEXIS 1318

Syllabus

<p>Wages—Labor claims—Execution—Stay of sale—Act of April 9, 1872.</p> <p>Where plaintiff and defendant in the execution make a settlement and agree that the writ shall he staid, wage claimants against the defendant cannot compel the sheriff to make levy and proceed with the sale. The act of April 9, 1872, P. L. 47, did not give wage earners’ claims a lien, but merely a priority in the distribution of the proceeds of a sale made under an execution.</p>