Fritch v. Citizens' Bank of Reading
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 87, Jan. T., 1898, by Levi L. Fritcb, from order of C. P. Berks Co., dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report. Exceptions to report of auditor, Horace Rowland, Esq. From the auditor’s report, it appears that on April 19, 1894, Tilghman L. Fritch, Manoah L. Fritch and Levi L. Fritch, brothers, made an assignment of all their partnership property, real and personal, to M. S. Long, in trust for their creditors.
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Appeal, No. 87, Jan. T., 1898, by Levi L. Fritcb, from order of C. P. Berks Co., dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report. Exceptions to report of auditor, Horace Rowland, Esq. From the auditor’s report, it appears that on April 19, 1894, Tilghman L. Fritch, Manoah L. Fritch and Levi L. Fritch, brothers, made an assignment of all their partnership property, real and personal, to M. S. Long, in trust for their creditors. Tilghman L. Fritch, Manoah L. Fritch and Levi L. Fritch owned real estate in common; Tilghman L. Fritch and Manoah L. Fritch owned real estate in common; and each of the…
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Mb. - Justice Mitchelu,
To avoid confusion from the somewhat complicated facts *287presented by this appeal, it is well to look first at the strict legal rights of the parties, and then to any special equities that may affect the enforcement of such rights.
The fund for distribution arose from the sale of real estate held in four different ways: first, as the individual property of T. L. Fritch; second, as the individual property of M. L. Fritch; third, as the joint property of T. L. and M. L. Fritch, and fourth, as the joint property of T. L., M. L. and L. L. Fritch. It is not clear…
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