Case Name: Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company, Surviving Trustee, v. Allen et al., Liquidating Trustees, Appellants
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1941-11-28
Citations: 343 Pa. 428
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 317
Parties: Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company, Surviving Trustee, v. Allen et al., Liquidating Trustees, Appellants.
Judges: Before Schaffer, O. J.; Maxey, Drew, Linn, Stern and Patterson, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 343
Pages: 428–432

Head Matter:
Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company, Surviving Trustee, v. Allen et al., Liquidating Trustees, Appellants.
Argued October 6, 1941.
Before Schaffer, O. J.; Maxey, Drew, Linn, Stern and Patterson, JJ.
F. Raymond Heuges, for appellants.
Robert M. Green, with him Harold E. Kohn, Thomas P. Glassmoyer and Murdoch, Paxson, Kalish é Green, for appellee.
Boyd Lee Spahr filed a brief tinder Rule 61.
Guthbert H. Latta, Jr., with him Philip A. Bregy, Walter G. Janney, Jr., and MacGoy, Brittain, Evans & Lewis, filed a brief under Rule 61.
John B. Niélelas, Jr., E. B. Wolfe, and McCrady, Niélelas é Hirschfield filed a brief for amici curise.
November 28, 1941:

Opinion:
Pee Curiam,
A majority, Mr. Justice Drew dissenting, agrees that, as applied to this case, the challenged statute may be held not to conflict with the contract clause of the state constitution, reaching that conclusion on the ground that it is desirable to preserve uniformity of construction of the contract clauses of both state and federal constitutions: compare Gelfert v. National City Bank, 313 U. S. 221.
As the record does not involve the application of the Act to sales on judgments in personam made prior to its effective date, no opinion on that subject is expressed. See, however, McCabe v. Emerson, 18 Pa. 111; Ladner v. Siegel (No. 4), 298 Pa. 487, 498, 148 A. 699, 702; Memphis v. United States, 97 U. S. 293, 296; McCullough v. Virginia, 172 U. S. 102, 123, 124; Hodges v. Snyder, 261 U. S. 600, 603; 30 Am. Jur. 898, section 146; 31 Am. Jur. 364, section 883; 16 C. J. S. 689, section 271a.
Judgment reversed; record remitted for further proceedings.