Ireland v. Ireland
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 17, Jan. T., 1914, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Delaware Co., Sept. T., 1911, No. 110, dismissing bill in equity in case of Howard I. Ireland v. Bertha D. Ireland. Bill in equity to declare defendant trustee of certain real estate.
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Appeal, No. 17, Jan. T., 1914, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Delaware Co., Sept. T., 1911, No. 110, dismissing bill in equity in case of Howard I. Ireland v. Bertha D. Ireland. Bill in equity to declare defendant trustee of certain real estate. Before Johnson, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court and in Ireland v. Ireland (No. 1), 244 Pa. 489. Exceptions to various findings of fact and law of the trial judge were dismissed by the court, and a decree was entered dismissing the bill. Plaintiff appealed. Errors assigned were in dismissing the exceptions.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
Howard I. Ireland filed a bill against his wife in which he averred that, “after repeated urgings” made by her with a fraudulent purpose, certain real estate purchased with his money had been placed in her name; that this was done “to protect his property against possible future creditors and insure it as a home for the rest of his life”; that following various acts of misconduct on his wife’s part, she “deliberately left the home of your orator in October, 1910,......and never returned.” He prayed the court to decree that the defendant held the property in…
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- Ireland v. IrelandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
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- Ireland v. IrelandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914