Newman v. Shreve
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal. No. 211, Jan. T., 1911, by Benjamin D. Shreve, from decree of C. P. Chester Co., No. 513, in equity in case of John S. Newman, Executor and Trustee of William Keinath, deceased, v. Benjamin D. Shreve, Isaac A. Braddock, Joseph Taylor, St. Albans Realty Company and Sea Haven Company. Bill in equity for an accounting.
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Appeal. No. 211, Jan. T., 1911, by Benjamin D. Shreve, from decree of C. P. Chester Co., No. 513, in equity in case of John S. Newman, Executor and Trustee of William Keinath, deceased, v. Benjamin D. Shreve, Isaac A. Braddock, Joseph Taylor, St. Albans Realty Company and Sea Haven Company. Bill in equity for an accounting. See Newman v. Shreve, 229 Pa. 200. The court by Butler, J., entered the following decree: The bill is dismissed as to the St. Albans Realty Co. Benjamin D. Shreve, having received and accounted for $¡15,000 purchase money, is directed to account to the plaintiff for the…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
This case was here one year ago and will be found reported in Newman v. Shreve, 229 Pa. 200. At that time the decree was reversed and bill reinstated as to all the parties so that upon final hearing such decree could be made as the facts might warrant. At the first trial the court below dismissed the bill as to all the defendants except Shreve, and entered a decree against him without regard to how his legal rights and equities might have been affected by the acts of those associated with *452Mm in the tiunsaetion about which complaint is made. We held this to be error…
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- Newman v. ShreveSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
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