Rees v. Chantler
Rees v. Chantler
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
The claims, the collection of which by execution is sought to be restrained, are within the provisions of the act of 1872 and its supplements of 1883 and 1891. We have sufficiently discussed the scope of these acts in respect to the classes of persons entitled to the benefit of their provisions in an opinion filed this day in the case of Rees v. Plulings.
The present case raises a question as to the right to restrain the constable’s levy by injunction. The property levied upon in Allegheny county is described as a “ flat ” or boat equipped with machinery for dredging, but not for propulsion. It had been previously in Beaver county, where it was levied upon by virtue of execution sur judgment by the sheriff of Beaver county. By agreement between the execution creditors, the said sheriff and the assignee for the benefit of creditors, this boat (as well as other property of Hulings Brothers), was turned over to the assignee for the purposes of sale. The assignee, in carrying out the purpose of the agreement, removed the boat into Allegheny County. There the constable made his levy upon it by virtue of execution sur judgment. This is alleged to be illegal.
It is claimed that the property was still in the custody of the
The decree of the court below is affirmed.
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