Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1836

Roop v. Rogers

Roop v. Rogers
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided May 15, 1836
5 Watts 193

Roop v. Rogers

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

In the absence of proof, an officer is presumed to have done his duty. The money in the constable’s hands was made on executions in favour of joint and separate creditors; and the presumption is, that he sold the entire interest of the firm in a sufficient portion of the property to answer the partnership debts, and the separate interest of the particular partner in the residue to answer his separate debts. In that aspect, the constable was entitled to retain in order to satisfy the separate executions. ■

Judgment reversed.

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