Caven v. Harsh
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 291, Jan. T., 1897, by defendant, from decree of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., June T., 1896, No. 401, on bill in equity. Bill in equity for a reassignment of an interest in a decedent’s estate.
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Appeal, No. 291, Jan. T., 1897, by defendant, from decree of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., June T., 1896, No. 401, on bill in equity. Bill in equity for a reassignment of an interest in a decedent’s estate. Arnold, P. J., filed the following opinion: This is a bill to require tbe defendant to execute and deliver to Joseph L. Caven, one of the plaintiffs, a reassignment of the interest of George F. Hensel, the other plaintiff, in the estate of his father, which it is alleged was assigned to Thomas M. Lewry as collateral security for a debt which has since been satisfied. George F. Hensel and Thomas…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
The facts of this case being somewhat peculiar, it may be well to state them concisely. The bill is to compel a reassignment to Hensel, one of the plaintiffs, of his interest in his father’s estate, assigned in 1882 to Lewry, appellant’s testator, it is now averred, as collateral security only. In August, 1882, Hensel, being indebted to Lewry and also to one Hooley, gave each a judgment note, taking an agreement from them that the executions thereupon should be “restricted to the things and effects alone connected in the business of said Hensel at 526 Callowhill…
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