Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Kelly
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, Nos. 171 and 172, Oct. T., 1893, by plaintiff, éxeeutor of Ann Sheehan, deceased, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., July T., 1892, Nos. 15 and 16, on verdict for defendant, James M. Kelly. Sci. fa. on mortgage and assumpsit on accompanying bond. At the trial, before White, J.,l it appeared that defendant was indebted to his mother-in-law, Ann Sheehan, on a bond and mortgage.
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Appeal, Nos. 171 and 172, Oct. T., 1893, by plaintiff, éxeeutor of Ann Sheehan, deceased, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., July T., 1892, Nos. 15 and 16, on verdict for defendant, James M. Kelly. Sci. fa. on mortgage and assumpsit on accompanying bond. At the trial, before White, J.,l it appeared that defendant was indebted to his mother-in-law, Ann Sheehan, on a bond and mortgage. Some time prior to Mrs. Sheehan’s death, defendant was instrumental in saving her a large sum of money, by warning her of the insolvency of a bank in which she had the money deposited. On May 25, 1886,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Gbeen,
These cases were tried in the court below in exact conformity with the decision of this court in the case of Fleming v. Parry, 24 Pa. 47. The leading facts in that case were almost precisely similar to the leading facts of this. In both there was a mortgage and a bond given by the mortgagor to the mortgagee. In both the mortgagee executed on the record of the mortgage an acknowledgment of satisfaction in full of the mortgage. In both the mortgagee retained possession of the mortgage and also of the bond until death. In both the actions were brought by the legal…
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- Fleming v. ParrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1854
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