Legal Opinion

Asam v. Asam

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 24, 1913No. Appeal, No. 132PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal, No. 132, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 5, Philadelphia County, June T., 1911, No. 5246, dismissing bill in equity in case of William Asam v. Matilda Asam. Demurrer to bill in equity. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme. Court. The court sustained a demurrer to the bill and made a decree dismissing it. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was the order of the court sustaining the demurrer and dismissing the bill. . .

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Stewart,

This appeal is from a decree sustaining a demurrer to a bill filed by plaintiff asking that the defendant be adjudged trustee with respect to a certain piece of real estate the legal title to which is in her name; that she be enjoined from selling or encumbering the same, and that she be directed to execute and deliver to plaintiff a deed therefor. Assuming, as we must for present purposes, that the facts are as stated in the bill, we have this situation: The plaintiff in March, 1903, then a married man, but living apart from his wife, purchased the real estate…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Casciola v. DonatelliSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Stauffer v. StaufferSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  2. Fitzpatrick v. FitzpatrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  3. Epstein v. RatkoskySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
  4. King v. KingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  5. Adams Estate, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County1975

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