Sheaffer's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 137, Oct. T., 1910, by Annie R. Phillipi, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1910, No. 176, directing the conveyance of real estate and the payment of money in Estate of William Sheaffer, deceased. Petition to compel restoration of assets alleged to have been transferred in breach of trust. Before Hawkins, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 137, Oct. T., 1910, by Annie R. Phillipi, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1910, No. 176, directing the conveyance of real estate and the payment of money in Estate of William Sheaffer, deceased. Petition to compel restoration of assets alleged to have been transferred in breach of trust. Before Hawkins, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was the decree directing the conveyance of real estate and the payment of money. The petition is a bill of ejectment: Long’s App., 92 Pa. 171; Richard’s App., 100 Pa. 51; Odd Fellows’ Bank’s…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
In this appeal, counsel for Mrs. Annie R. Phillipi, contend that the orphans’ court erred in its decree directing her to convey certain real estate to the administrator d. b. n. c. t. a. of her father’s estate, and in requiring her to pay to him the proceeds of a certain mortgage, which it was alleged had been transferred to her from the estate, without consideration. It appears from the record that William Sheaffer died December 28, 1905, leaving a will in which his son George and his wife Catherine were appointed executor and executrix. The will was probated…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- MacConnell v. LindsaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
- Ebert & Barnitz's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1840
- Ross v. BarclaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1851
- Holliday v. HivelySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
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