Edwards v. Seaford
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
FROM THE DECREE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 3 OE PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, IN EQUITY. No. 187 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 1176 June Term 1887, C. P. No. 3. On September 10, 1887, a bill was filed by Catharine Edwards against Mary Seaford, John G. Bennett, James B. Simpson and Sarah, his wife, in right of said wife, Lewis K. Bennett and James II.
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FROM THE DECREE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 3 OE PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, IN EQUITY. No. 187 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 1176 June Term 1887, C. P. No. 3. On September 10, 1887, a bill was filed by Catharine Edwards against Mary Seaford, John G. Bennett, James B. Simpson and Sarah, his wife, in right of said wife, Lewis K. Bennett and James II. Bennett, praying for a partition of certain real estate in Philadelphia, which had become vested in the plaintiff and defendants as the heirs at law of Mary Wilson, deceased. In filing this bill, Mr. Jules E. Pereyra was of counsel…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Me. Justice Clark :
Upon a careful reading of the evidence we find nothing to justify the charge of bad faith on the part of Mr. Pereyra. That he rendered valuable services in conducting the proceedings in partition is undoubted, and either Catharine Edwards, his client, or the estate of Mary Wilson, 'deceased, should compensate him. He may, from lack of experience or other cause, have over-estimated the value of his services, or he may have embraced in his claim items which were properly chargeable to his own client alone, but the partition was conducted to a successful conclusion,…
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