Miller v. Cockins
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 15, Oct. T., 1911, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1909, No. 1,139, dismissing bill in equity in case of Adelaide Miller Blick and Horace J. Miller v. James M. Cockins et al. Bill in equity to declare a trust ex maleficio. Before Shaper, J. ■ The opinion of the Supreme Court states the.case. Error assigned was decree dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
The bill in this case was to have the defendant declared a trustee ex maleficio with respect to certain property devised and bequeathed to him by his wife upon an alleged parol agreement made by him with his wife, and for an injunction restraining the defendant from disposing of the property. The answer specifically denied that any such agreement had been made, and traversed every material allegation in the bill. The plaintiffs were accordingly put to their proofs. The evidence they adduced related wholly and exclusively to admissions alleged to have been made by…
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