Appeal of Bugbee
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals from the Court of Common Pleas of Warren county: Of January Term 1884, Nos. 404 and 404-|-. Two appeals (1) lay Albert Bugbee; (2) by Samuel Tolies et al., both from the same decree dismissing a bill in equity filed by said Albert Bugbee, Samuel Tolies et al. against Wesley Millspaw David Beaty and Frederick Bugbee, praying that certain deeds and a lease be delivered up for cancellation.
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Appeals from the Court of Common Pleas of Warren county: Of January Term 1884, Nos. 404 and 404-|-. Two appeals (1) lay Albert Bugbee; (2) by Samuel Tolies et al., both from the same decree dismissing a bill in equity filed by said Albert Bugbee, Samuel Tolies et al. against Wesley Millspaw David Beaty and Frederick Bugbee, praying that certain deeds and a lease be delivered up for cancellation. The bill averred that on June 10th, 1872, Frederick Bug-bee was seized in fee, inter alia, of lot No. 55 in Mead township, Warren county, containing about 250 acres of land. On April 13th, 1874, he…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. "Justice Gordon
delivered the opinion of the court, October 5th, 1885.
There was a difference of opinion between the Master and the court below as to the status of Albert Bugbee with reference to the fraudulent scheme concocted by his uncle, Wesley Millspaw, and his father, Frederick Bugbee, to defraud creditors. In all other particulars they agreed. The Master, having had Albert before him as a witness, says: “ he appeared to be a young man of less than average intelligence and capacity. While he was the undisputed owner of the lands in question, as well as after his conveyance to…
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