Semple v. Semple

Citations

• 193 Pa. 630
• 44 A. 1077
• 1899 Pa. LEXIS 1176

Syllabus

<p>Execution—Distribution of proceeds of sheriff's sale—Ruling money into court—Acts of June 16, 1836, and June 28, 1871—Auditor.</p> <p>The courts have no authority to decree distribution of a fund not within their grasp, without the assent of the parties in interest.</p> <p>Where the plaintiff in an execution has permitted the sheriff to schedule a distribution and pay out the money without asking that it be paid into court, the court has no power, in the absence of special legislative authority, to disturb the schedule, or appoint an auditor to distribute the fund.</p>