Schaffer v. Cloud

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

In principal part, this appeal calls for an application of “. . . the familiar rule that findings of fact by a chancellor, approved by the court in banc, have the force and effect of a verdict by a jury and will not be disturbed by an appellate court if supported by evidence of the quality required”: Christy v. Christy, 353 Pa. 476, 477-478, 46 A. 2d 169.

The plaintiff, a seventy-seven year old widower, filed his bill of complaint in this case in an effort to have the court below set aside his voluntary conveyance of his real property to a niece of his deceased…