Hummel v. Kistner
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 190, Jan. T., 1897, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. Snyder Co., Sept. T., 1896, No. 1, dismissing bill in equity. Bill in equity by creditors to have certain deeds and assignments Adjudged void, because they were given to delay, hinder and defeat plaintiffs. McClure, P. J., found the facts to be as follows: 1. John Hummel, late of Monroe township, Snyder county, Pennsylvania, died April 7,1896, at the advanced age of seventy-eight years.
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Appeal, No. 190, Jan. T., 1897, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. Snyder Co., Sept. T., 1896, No. 1, dismissing bill in equity. Bill in equity by creditors to have certain deeds and assignments Adjudged void, because they were given to delay, hinder and defeat plaintiffs. McClure, P. J., found the facts to be as follows: 1. John Hummel, late of Monroe township, Snyder county, Pennsylvania, died April 7,1896, at the advanced age of seventy-eight years. He left to survive him four children, Emma A., intermarried with John L. Cooper, Annie C., intermarried with H. U. Kistner, Edwin M. and…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
It is impossible to read the testimony in this case without *225attaining the conviction that the several deeds and conveyances made by John Hummel to his children, including Mrs. Kistner, were made and intended by him as a distribution of his estate in his lifetime. The values of the several properties conveyed were nearly equal, and the facts and circumstances attending the preparation and execution of the several deeds are absolutely convincing that such was his purpose. The learned court below has so found as a fact, and we entirely approve of the finding. The declarations of the…
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