Painter v. Painter
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 179, Oct., T., 1906, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Butler Co., Dec. T., 1905, No. 72, dismissing bill in equity in case of Thomas Painter, E. H. Painter, Milton B. Painter, Delilah Duffy and Melvina Gill v. Peter Painter (with notice to J. L. M. Halstead, Miss M. L. Buckley and H. L. Buckley). Bill in equity for partition. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was decree dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
This is a bill filed in the court below for the partition of 120 acres of land and the undivided one-seventh interest in another tract of sixty acres situate in Buffalo township, Butler county. George W. Painter died seized of the land on May 22, 1899, leaving to survive him a widow, Mary E., and two daughters, Minnie R. and Helen M., and, as brothers and sisters, the plaintiffs and Peter Painter, the defendant in the bill. By his last will, George W. Painter directed an appraisement and sale of his personal property and the application of the proceeds to his…
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