Robinson v. Powell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 99, Oct. T., 1904, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1900, No. 538, on verdict for defendant in case of Annie J. Robinson v. Jane Powell. Assumpsit to recover money bad and received. Before MacEARLANB, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 99, Oct. T., 1904, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1900, No. 538, on verdict for defendant in case of Annie J. Robinson v. Jane Powell. Assumpsit to recover money bad and received. Before MacEARLANB, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court charged in part as follows: [In the ordinary case, while the burden of proof is upon the plaintiff to make out his case, ho is only required to prove it to the satisfaction of the jury by the weight of the evidence. In this case, and all similar eases, the law imposes a stricter…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Thompson,
The appellant undertook to impress upon a gift made to appellee a parol trust. In the statement filed by her appellant avers that on February 19,1898, Thomas Robinson, since deceased, placed in the hands of the appellee a sum of money, $29,360, upon the trust to pay the same to the appellant upon the death of decedent, and that appellee accepted the trust, received the money and agreed to pay the same to the appellant.
Thomas Robinson, who had accumulated a fortune of $250,000, died April 4, 1898. Appellee had a bank account in her name in the First National Bank…
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