Legal Opinion

Fiscus v. Fiscus

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 3, 1922No. Appeal, No. 84PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal, No. 84, Oct. T., 1921, by plaintiff, from decree of O. P. Armstrong Co., Dec. T., 1916, No. 122, dismissing bill in equity, in* case of A. B. Fiscus v. Agnes Fiscus. Bill in equity to rescind a deed. Before Bouton, J., specially presiding. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Bill dismissed. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was decree, quoting it.

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

James Fiscus and wife, by deed dated September 25, 1909, and recorded four days later, conveyed a farm, valued at about $10,000, to an unmarried daughter, Agnes Fiscus, the named consideration being $1. By written contract, executed at the same time, the grantee agreed to support her father and mother on the conveyed premises during their natural lives, and, after their respective deaths, to give each of them a suitable burial, to pay any doctor bills or other expenses connected with their maintenance and last illness, and to make certain payments amounting to $810 to other…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Carney v. CarneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
  2. Campbell v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
  3. Neureuter v. SchellerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  4. Compton v. HoffmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Chambley v. RumbaughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  2. King v. LemmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  3. Gallagher v. RoganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  4. Jenne v. KennedySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  5. Long v. LongSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949

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