Udderzook v. Harris

Citations

• 140 Pa. 236
• 21 A. 395
• 1891 Pa. LEXIS 833

Syllabus

<p>1. Upon the trial of a sheriff’s interpleader, declarations as to the ownership of the property in dispute made by a deceased person through whom the defendants claim, are inadmissible to affect the rights of the claimant thereto.</p> <p>2. Where such declarations constitute the only evidence in favor of the execution creditor, a judgment for the plaintiff will not be reversed because the court charged the jury that there was no attempt to contradict the testimony of the plaintiff and his witnesses.</p> <p>3. A general assignment of error in the following form: “ The charge of the court below, as a whole, was misleading to the jury,” is not in accordance with the Rules of Court, Rule XXIII., and for this reason will not be considered.</p>