Pennsylvania Act 1901-56 — COURTS PERMITTED TO FORCE CONVEYANCE OF LAND

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COURTS PERMITTED TO FORCE CONVEYANCE OF LAND
                  Act of Apr. 19, 1901, P.L. 83, No. 56               Cl. 68
                                  AN ACT

     To authorize the several courts of this Commonwealth, in any
        proceedings at law or in equity in which a conveyance of
        lands or tenements shall be ordered, and the party who is
        ordered to execute the same shall neglect or refuse to do so,
        or die, flee the jurisdiction, or become insane without
        having complied with said order, to direct that such
        conveyance be executed with the same effect by the sheriff,
        prothonotary, clerk, or trustee specially appointed for that
        purpose.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That in any proceedings at
     law or in equity, in any of the courts of this Commonwealth
     having jurisdiction, if the said court shall order a conveyance
     to be executed by either of the parties to the said proceeding
     of his or her interests in any lands or tenements to any other
     party or person, and the party so ordered shall neglect or
     refuse to comply with the said order and make the said
     conveyance, or shall die, flee the jurisdiction, or become
     insane without having complied therewith, it shall be lawful for
     the said court to order and direct that such conveyance be made
     by the sheriff, prothonotary or clerk, or by a trustee specially
     appointed for that purpose; and the said conveyance having been
     duly executed by the said sheriff, prothonotary, clerk or
     trustee, and acknowledged in open court, shall be good and
     effective to convey the interest of the recusant, neglecting,
     deceased, persons fleeing the jurisdiction, or insane party, to
     the extent ordered by the court, the same as if it had been duly
     executed and delivered by such party personally: Provided, That
     this shall not prevent the said court from punishing the
     contempt of the said party by fine and imprisonment, if deemed
     necessary: Provided further, That no such order shall be made,
     in case of the decease of such party, until notice shall have
     been given to his or her heirs and legal representatives, by
     process duly served, if resident within the Commonwealth, or, if
     not, by publication and copy mailed to the last known address of
     the same, according as the court shall order and direct.
        Section 2.  This act shall apply to any proceeding in which
     the court shall have heretofore ordered such conveyance to be
     executed, as well as to any in which it shall hereafter be
     ordered.