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Sutton v. Dudley

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 6, 1899No. Appeal, No. 194PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal, No. 194, Jan. T., 1898, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Lancaster Co., Equity Docket No. 3, page 145, on bill in equity. Bill in equity to cancel tbe assignment of a mortgage.

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Appeal, No. 194, Jan. T., 1898, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Lancaster Co., Equity Docket No. 3, page 145, on bill in equity. Bill in equity to cancel tbe assignment of a mortgage. Before Brubaker, J. The Real Estate Guarantee and Investment Company (see next succeeding case) averred its incorporation by special act of the legislature of Delaware as tbe Sussex Land and Cattle Company; that by special act its name was changed to the Real Estate Guarantee and Investment Company of Delaware; that it was the owner of a certain bond and mortgage for $30,000 made by one Rheiner to Levi H.…

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Opinion by

Mr. Justice Dean,

The bill in this case was filed by plaintiff to compel, defendants, by proper decree, on the facts averred by her, to assign a certain bond in sum of $30,000 secured by mortgage upon land in Warwick township, Lancaster county, to the Real Estate Guarantee and Investment.Company of Delaware. The learned judge of the court below has set out twenty distinct findings of fact, on which he bases most elaborate legal conclusions. It is manifest to us that a large number of these findings are wholly immaterial, because they have no bearing on the issue raised by the bill…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Lombardo v. Gasparini Excavating Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  2. Kefover v. Potter Title & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  3. Hensel v. CahillSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  4. Mowbray v. SimonsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1918
  5. Scranton Gas & Water Co. v. WestonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1914

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