Bier v. Keer
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 16, Oct. T., 1918, by plaintiff, from decree of G. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1916, No. 2161, dismissing bill in equity in case of Christian Bier v. Johanna Keer, James W. Baird Building Association and Isabella Hermiston. Bill in equity to determine the right to a fund in possession of a building and loan association.
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Appeal, No. 16, Oct. T., 1918, by plaintiff, from decree of G. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1916, No. 2161, dismissing bill in equity in case of Christian Bier v. Johanna Keer, James W. Baird Building Association and Isabella Hermiston. Bill in equity to determine the right to a fund in possession of a building and loan association. From the record it appeared that in 1906, 'Johanna Keer obtained a mortgage from the James W. Baird Building Association for f1,200, and assigned as collateral security therefor, six shares of stock of the building association. The assignment contained…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Williams, J.,
This was a suit in equity to determine the right to a fund in possession of a building association. The court found, inter alia, that in 1916, Mrs. Keer was the owner of premises subject to a first mortgage of $4,000, and a second mortgage of $1,200, the latter held by defendant association; May 10, 1916, plaintiff recovered judgment against Mrs. Keer for $3,372; May 16th, Mrs. Keer, for *572$500, assigned to Isabella Hermiston her interest in six shares of building association stock subject to the rights of the association, to which it had been assigned as collateral…
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