Skiles's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
■ Appeal from a decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county : Of July Term 1885, No. 3. This was an appeal by John D. Skiles, administrator of the estate of Amos S. Henderson, deceased, from a decree of said court ordering a reconveyance to said Skiles of property conveyed by said decedent to his daughter, Lizzie H. Nauman, and that the same be sold, and out of the proceeds thereof the administrator pay to George Nauman, the husband of said Lizzie H. Nauman, the…
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■ Appeal from a decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county : Of July Term 1885, No. 3. This was an appeal by John D. Skiles, administrator of the estate of Amos S. Henderson, deceased, from a decree of said court ordering a reconveyance to said Skiles of property conveyed by said decedent to his daughter, Lizzie H. Nauman, and that the same be sold, and out of the proceeds thereof the administrator pay to George Nauman, the husband of said Lizzie H. Nauman, the amount paid by him for improvements on said property. Bill in equity, wherein John D. Skiles, administrator as…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was filed June 1st, 1885.
Per, Curiam.
— This ease was heard in the court below on bill and answer. It is conceded that the case is entirely free from any intentional fraud on creditors or others. Such being the fact, the powers of a chancellor should not be so exercised as to do great injustice to an innocent and good faith vendee. With the purest motives and best intentions he made large expenditures. Equity is now satisfied by restoring, for the benefit of the estate of the grantor, the property of so much value as subsequent events have shown was improperly taken…
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