Palethorp v. Palethorp
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 249, Jan. T., 1900, by defendants, from decree of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., June T., 1894, No. 1702, in partition proceedings in case of Harriet Palethorp v. Robert Palethorp et al. Bill in equity for partition by life tenant.
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Appeal, No. 249, Jan. T., 1900, by defendants, from decree of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., June T., 1894, No. 1702, in partition proceedings in case of Harriet Palethorp v. Robert Palethorp et al. Bill in equity for partition by life tenant. See Palethorp v. Palethorp, 194 Pa. 408. From the report of the master, Theodore P. Matthews, Esq., it appeared that after a decree had been entered for partition the master determined against the practicability of the real estate being divided in kind without prejudice to or spoiling the whole. The master accordingly took the testimony of competent real…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
A careful consideration of the defendant’s exhaustive argument against the plaintiff’s contention has not convinced us of error in the master’s report or in the decree entered by the court below. It follows as a natural and reasonable sequence that the decree should be affirmed.
Decree affirmed and appeal dismissed at the cost of the appellants.
2Cited by1 opinion
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