Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Mihm

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 16, 1985No. 1317PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIEAND, Judge:

The orphans’ court refused to order specific performance of a written agreement which purported to obligate the Estate of Ethel McSorley Mihm, deceased, to sell for $475,-000 a one-third interest in a closely held, family corporation allegedly worth $1,800,000. This appeal was filed by the owners of the remaining two-thirds. We affirm.

The task of a reviewing court is to determine whether the record contains evidence which will support the trial judge’s findings of fact, not to substitute its view of the evidence for his. United States Steel Corp. v. Hoge, 304 Pa.Super. 182, 188…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Frowen v. BlankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  2. Leedom v. PalmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
  3. McCown v. FraserSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  4. Null's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  5. Payne v. ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963

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3Cited by12 opinions

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  4. Yenchi v. Ameriprise Financial, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  5. Paone v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001

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