Carson v. Painter
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 130, Oct. T., 1917, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1916, No. 1078, dismissing bill in equity in case of Cora E. Carson et al., Devisees and heirs-at-law of Diann C. Bates, deceased, and Cora E. Carson et al., Executors under will of Diann C. Bates, deceased, v. William H. Painter and Leona E. Painter, his wife. Bill’in equity for a conveyance of land. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 130, Oct. T., 1917, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1916, No. 1078, dismissing bill in equity in case of Cora E. Carson et al., Devisees and heirs-at-law of Diann C. Bates, deceased, and Cora E. Carson et al., Executors under will of Diann C. Bates, deceased, v. William H. Painter and Leona E. Painter, his wife. Bill’in equity for a conveyance of land. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. The court sustained the demurrer and dismissed the bill. Error assigned was the decree of the court. Mrs. Painter took advantage of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Kephart, J.,
This is a bill in equity to enforce a resulting trust. It avers that Diann C. Bates, on the third of August, 1896, was induced by the respondent, Leona E. Painter, her daughter, to purchase from the Logan Beal Estate Company a lot of ground, pay for it and place the title thereto in the respondent’s name. It adjoined another owned by the respondent. At the time of the purchase, Mrs. Bates for a number of years lived separate and apart from her husband. The bill averred that she was advised and influenced by her daughter to place the title to the lot in her name so “that…
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