Jefferis's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals from the Common Pleas of Chester county.* These were appeals by Way Jefferis, trustee of William Jefferis and Hannah Jefferis, and by Davis Yearsley, from the decree of the court below distributing the assets in the hands of Charles Downing and Abraham Gibbons, assignees of James Yearsley, in trust for the benefit of creditors.
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Appeals from the Common Pleas of Chester county.* These were appeals by Way Jefferis, trustee of William Jefferis and Hannah Jefferis, and by Davis Yearsley, from the decree of the court below distributing the assets in the hands of Charles Downing and Abraham Gibbons, assignees of James Yearsley, in trust for the benefit of creditors. By the will of Abraham Jefferis, proved the 9th December 1822, Way Jefferis and James Yearsley were 'appointed trustees for William Jefferis and Hannah Jefferis, children of the testator, both of whom were of weak and unsound mind. And by the will of Isaac…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Lowrie, J.
This account is presented under a voluntary assignment made by James Yearsley in 1850, and on the question of distribution, certain persons appear and show that the proceeds arise partly from property that had been assigned in 1843, for their benefit, and claim that they are entitled under that assignment to follow them here. Is it so ? The case of Okie’s Appeal, 9 W. & S. 156, decides expressly that it cannot be done; because, as claimants under the first assignment, they are adverse to the second assignment, and can be no parties to an…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Okie's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1844
3Cited by1 opinion
- Boyd v. SchneiderU.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois · 1903