Rick's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of BerTcs county: Of January Term, 1883, No. 348. This was a bill in equity by Magdalena Peiffer against John S. Rick, setting forth (1) that on March 16, 1878, Magdalena Peiffer executed a deed of assignment of all her estate to John S. Rick in trust, inter alia, to collect the rents, issues and profits, or permit the complainant to collect and enjoy the same, and upon her death to divide the personal estate among certain persons named,…
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of BerTcs county: Of January Term, 1883, No. 348. This was a bill in equity by Magdalena Peiffer against John S. Rick, setting forth (1) that on March 16, 1878, Magdalena Peiffer executed a deed of assignment of all her estate to John S. Rick in trust, inter alia, to collect the rents, issues and profits, or permit the complainant to collect and enjoy the same, and upon her death to divide the personal estate among certain persons named, and to convey the real estate to certain others named. (2) That when the said deed was executed John S. Rick and A. G.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
The first five assignments of error are to the findings of fact by the master. It is unnecessary to discuss these assignments in detail for the reason that no clear error in the master’s findings has been pointed out; on the contrary the evidence more than sustains his conclusions. Its careful examination tends strongly to show that Mrs. Peiffer signed the deed of trust in ignorance of its legal effect; that she had no intention of depriving herself of all control of her property in the future; and that the brother in whom she confided misled and deceived her. The idea of placing her entire…
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