Legal Opinion

Albright v. Albright

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 1, 1910No. Appeals, No. 371PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Appeals, No. 371, Jan. T., 1909, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., March T., 1907, No. 4,210, in case of Chester E. Albright v. Chester E. Albright, Jr., and William L. Albright. Bill in equity for an accounting and to obtain possession of a factory and business. Before Sulzberger, J. The facts appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was the decree of the court directing an accounting of profits between the plaintiff and the defendants.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Mestrezat,

This is a voluminous record and we have examined it with care. We do not think it necessary to refer to and discuss the testimony in the case as we are all of opinion that the evidence warranted certain findings of fact made by the court below which, under the pleadings, are controlling and do not justify its decree.

The bill avers substantially that for ten years prior to 1901, the plaintiff was engaged in the manufacture and sale of money purses or pocketbooks in Muncy, Pennsylvania; that in March of that year he removed his business to Germantown, in the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Magniac v. ThomsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1854
  2. Mathews v. Mobile Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
  3. Zimmerman v. RhoadsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. SwiftSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  2. Wade v. S. J. Groves & Sons Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  3. Bauer v. P. A. Cutri Co. of Bradford, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
  4. Kepple v. Fairman Drilling Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  5. Hoffman's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935

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