Bonebrake v. Summers
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 16, March T., 1898, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Franklin Co., Equity Docket, vol. 2, page 263, directing payment of a sum of money in accordance with the prayer of the petitioner. Bill, answer and proofs.
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Appeal, No. 16, March T., 1898, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Franklin Co., Equity Docket, vol. 2, page 263, directing payment of a sum of money in accordance with the prayer of the petitioner. Bill, answer and proofs. Before Stewart, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear from the following opinion of the court below, by Stewart, P. J. : FINDIHG-S OF FACT. 1. Daniel Bonebrake and Rebecca, his wife, by deed dated August 30, 1890, conveyed to Abraham L. Smith a tract of land, situate in Quincy township, containing eighty-eight acres and seventy-four perches. The consideration expressed in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
Assuming that all the findings of fact and conclusions of law, including the supplemental findings, will be fully set forth in the report of this case, it is not proposed to traverse the ground so fully and satisfactorily covered by the president judge of the court below. Considering the three propositions made by the appellants in their argument, which fully cover all the assignments of error, we turn our attention first to the question of jurisdiction.
The court below very properly took cognizance of the case in equity. An action of assumpsit might have been maintained…
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