Fellows v. Loomis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 257, Jan. T., 1901, by' plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1889, No. 358, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of Joseph Fellows, Cornelius Smith, Margaret A. Smith, J. Stanley Smith and Winfield Fellows v. F. E. Loomis and John H. Fellows. Ejectment for land in the city of Scranton. Bofore Gob-don, P. J., specially presiding.
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Appeal, No. 257, Jan. T., 1901, by' plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1889, No. 358, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of Joseph Fellows, Cornelius Smith, Margaret A. Smith, J. Stanley Smith and Winfield Fellows v. F. E. Loomis and John H. Fellows. Ejectment for land in the city of Scranton. Bofore Gob-don, P. J., specially presiding. See Fellows v. Loomis, ante, p. 225, and Fellows v. Loomis, 170 Pa. 415. At the trial the court admitted evidence to the effect that the services of the defendant were reasonably worth twenty-five per cent on the amount collected. This…
1Opinion of the Court
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We have discovered no merit in any of the assignments of error, except in those relating to the compensation allowed to the appellees. They are to be regarded as faithless trustees or as trustees ex maleficio; and, in either case, the penalty is deprivation of compensation: Swartswalter’s Account, 4 Watts, 77; Berryhill’s Administratrix’s Appeal, 35 Pa. 245; Robinett’s Appeal, 36 Pa. 174; Norris’s Appeal, 71 Pa. 106; Hart’s Estate, 203 Pa. 496. If the rule were otherwise, the law’s premium would be upon faithlessness and bad faith.
The credits allowed to the appellees for…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Norris's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1872
- Swartswalter's AccountSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1835
- Robinett's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1860
- Hart's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
- Berryhill's Administratrix's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1860
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