Greenfield' Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the decree of the Court of Nisi Prius sitting in equity. This was an appeal from the decree made at Nisi Prius dismissing the hill filed by Matthew Anderson, executor of the last will of Elizabeth Greenfield, deceased, against Joseph Howell, John Bouvier, Samuel Rush, and the executors of the will of Charles Roberts, deceased, the object of which was to have a certain deed, executed by Elizabeth Greenfield, dated 15th December, 1834, declared void, &c., as…
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Appeal from the decree of the Court of Nisi Prius sitting in equity. This was an appeal from the decree made at Nisi Prius dismissing the hill filed by Matthew Anderson, executor of the last will of Elizabeth Greenfield, deceased, against Joseph Howell, John Bouvier, Samuel Rush, and the executors of the will of Charles Roberts, deceased, the object of which was to have a certain deed, executed by Elizabeth Greenfield, dated 15th December, 1834, declared void, &c., as against complainant; and also to have an account of the receipts, disbursements* &c. under the deed, and the balance in the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Beel, J.
— After much reflection, and a critical examination of the voluminous evidence and exhibits with which the case is loaded, we entirely agree with the Chief Justice, in his general estimate of the transaction in question. Any difficulty which may have retarded the announcement of our conclusion, ha's arisen, not from a doubt of the validity of the disposition made by Mrs. Greenfield, considered in its general aspect, but from hesitancy as to the light in which a particular feature of it ought to be regarded.
The original conveyance to trustees…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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