Equitable Trust Co. v. Garis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 375, Jan. T., 1898, by David V. Garis, one of the defendants, from decree of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Go., March T., 1897, No. 831, awarding preliminary injunction. Bill in equity for an injunction. The facts appear by the opinion oí the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 375, Jan. T., 1898, by David V. Garis, one of the defendants, from decree of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Go., March T., 1897, No. 831, awarding preliminary injunction. Bill in equity for an injunction. The facts appear by the opinion oí the Supreme Court. On July 18, 1898, the court made the following order: And now, July 18, 1898, on consideration of the foregoing petition, it is ordered that the Equitable Trust Company, the committee of the estate of Katharine S. Garis, a lunatic, do make payments of the items in the foregoing petition mentioned, out of the principal of said lunatic’s…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
This case has been unfortunately conducted from the outset. The extravagance of the appellant’s contentions has led to efforts to put a summary end to them by irregular proceedings which cannot be sustained. For this reason a commitment for contempt was reversed: In re Garis, 185 Pa. 497.
Substantially, it is a contest between the committee of a lunatic wife and the husband for certain property claimed by both, and in the form in which it is now before us it is a bill filed by the committee against the husband, setting forth on information and belief that certain…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wier v. MyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1859
- In re GarisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
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