Christy v. Christy
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 8, Jan. T., 1896, by defendants, Francis M. Christy and Mary A. J. Christy, executors, from decree of C. P. Blair Co., No.. 109, in equity. Bill in equity for an account.
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Appeal, No. 8, Jan. T., 1896, by defendants, Francis M. Christy and Mary A. J. Christy, executors, from decree of C. P. Blair Co., No.. 109, in equity. Bill in equity for an account. The case was tried before Lyons, P. J., of the forty-first judicial district, specially presiding, who filed the following opinion by which the facts appear : The complainant’s bill was filed May 3, 1884. The cause was heard on bill, answer and proofs, and on the 23d day of February, 1893, the court dismissed the bill. An appeal was-taken to the Supreme Court, and July 11, A. D. 1894, the decree of the court of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
The learned judge below gave too broad an effect to our decision in this case when it was here before: 162 Pa. 485. All that was then before the court and determined was the interpretation of the will of F. X. Christy, the persons who were entitled to be considered his “ heirs ” as to the surface of the land and the mineral rights, and their status by virtue of such heirship as cestuis que trust under the agreement of 1878 between F. J. Christy and Dr. J. T. Christy in regard to the latter’s purchase of F. X. Christy’s land. In other words it settled the mode of…
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