Hatcher v. Hatcher
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 128, Jan. T., 1919, by defendant, from decree of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., June T., 1917, No. 5216, on bill in equity in case of Mabel B. Hatcher, Florence D. Kreibel (nee Hatcher) by her next friend, Mabel B. Hatcher, and Clifford Hatcher by his next friend, Mabel B. Hatcher, v. Charles W. Hatcher. Bill in equity for a conveyance of land. Before Shoemaker, J. The court below entered a decree for reconveyance.
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Appeal, No. 128, Jan. T., 1919, by defendant, from decree of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., June T., 1917, No. 5216, on bill in equity in case of Mabel B. Hatcher, Florence D. Kreibel (nee Hatcher) by her next friend, Mabel B. Hatcher, and Clifford Hatcher by his next friend, Mabel B. Hatcher, v. Charles W. Hatcher. Bill in equity for a conveyance of land. Before Shoemaker, J. The court below entered a decree for reconveyance. Errors assigned were various findings of fact and conclusions of law.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Brown,
On December 2, 1914, Mary M. Hatcher executed a deed to her son, Charles W. Hatcher, for certain real estate situated in the City of Philadelphia. She died a year later, and in her will, duly admitted to probate, her son, Clifford, and her two daughters, Mabel B. and Florence D., now Mrs. Kreibel, were named as residuary legatees and devisees. Upon the refusal of their brother, Charles, to convey to them the real estate for which he holds the deed from their mother, this proceeding was instituted by them to compel him to do so, on the ground that the…
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