Porter v. Lazear
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. .Amicable suit by an assignee of a bankrupt to recover pur-. chase-money of real estate of the bankrupt sold at public sale; the object of such suit being to determine whether the right-of the bankrupt’s wife to dower passed at'the sale.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
This is an action by the assignee in bankruptcy of S. B. W. Gill to recover the • purchase money of land of the bankrupt, sold by the plaintiff to the defendant.
In the; case stated hy the parties the following facts were agreed: On the 28th of November, 1877, Gill, upon petition of his creditors, was adjudged a bankrupt by the District. Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and the plaintiff was afterwards appointed assignee of .his estate, which included two lots of land in Pittsburgh. On the 27th of May, 1878, the assignee, pursuant to an order of the district…
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