Legal Opinion

Estate of Keys

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 27, 1890No. 3PublishedCited by 7 opinions

APPEAL BY M. BELL EROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE GREENE COUNTY. No. 3 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 1 October Term 1884, C. P. On January 14, 1889, in the matter of the partition of the real estate which was of John Keys, deceased, to the number and term of the court below, stated above, Marinda Bell presented her petition averring that the real estate of said deceased had been sold in said partition proceedings, and that on January 6, 1889, John Watson,…

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APPEAL BY M. BELL EROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE GREENE COUNTY. No. 3 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 1 October Term 1884, C. P. On January 14, 1889, in the matter of the partition of the real estate which was of John Keys, deceased, to the number and term of the court below, stated above, Marinda Bell presented her petition averring that the real estate of said deceased had been sold in said partition proceedings, and that on January 6, 1889, John Watson, the purchaser thereof, had paid into court, by leave thereof, the sum of $513.77, the last instalment of purchase money;…

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Opinion,

Mr. Justice Sterrett:

In her petition to the Court of Common Pleas, appellant refers to the proceedings in partition at No. 1 of October Term 1884, wherein the real estate of her brother John Keys, deceased, was sold, etc., and then in substance avers that $513.77, the last instalment of purchase money, has been paid into court; that her brother Daniel Keys, one of the eight heirs of said deceased, executed a power of attorney coupled with an interest in her favor, authorizing her to collect his share of the estate, and, at the same time, by a writing, assigned and appropriated his…

2Cited by7 opinions

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  3. Pacific Coast Co. v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1901
  4. Blondel v. OhlmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
  5. In Re St. FelixUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2010

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