In Re Estate of Mihm
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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…
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