Speer v. Burns
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 197, Oct. T., 1895, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1895, No. 61, on bill in equity. Bill in equity to compel a conveyance of the one-half interest in real estate. The case was referred to B. S. Sill, Esq., as master, from whose report it appeared that Sarah A. Speer and Margaret A. Speer were sisters, and that the defendants were heirs at law of Margaret A. Speer.
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Appeal, No. 197, Oct. T., 1895, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1895, No. 61, on bill in equity. Bill in equity to compel a conveyance of the one-half interest in real estate. The case was referred to B. S. Sill, Esq., as master, from whose report it appeared that Sarah A. Speer and Margaret A. Speer were sisters, and that the defendants were heirs at law of Margaret A. Speer. Plaintiff claimed that she was the owner of one half interest in the real estate in controversy, which stood in her sister Margaret’s name. The master recommended a decree in favor of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
A careful consideration of the record in this case, with special reference to the assignments of error, has led us to the con *82elusion that the findings of fact of which the decree is predicated are substantially correct, and that the decree itself is sufficient in both form and substance. There is nothing in any of the specifications of error that requires discussion. Neither of them is sustained.
Decree affirmed and appeal dismissed with costs to be paid by the appellants.