Legal Opinion

Lyle v. Shay

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 7, 1895No. Appeal, No. 250PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Appeal, No. 250, Oct. T., 1894, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., April T., 1893, No. 278, in favor of defendant on bill in equity. Bill for account and for cancellation of sale of partnership interest.

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Appeal, No. 250, Oct. T., 1894, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., April T., 1893, No. 278, in favor of defendant on bill in equity. Bill for account and for cancellation of sale of partnership interest. The case was referred to L. L. Davis, Esq., as master, who reported the facts as follows: “ In the month of December, 1891, James Lyle, the plaintiff, and J. W. Shay, James Hall, H. A. Kelley and John Smith, the defendants, entered into a copartnership under the name of Shay & Co.,’ for the purpose of developing certain oil territory situate at or near Sistersville, in…

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

The third to eighth specifications inclusive allege error in dis missing plaintiff’s exceptions recited therein respectively. An examination of the learned master’s report, in connection with the bill, answer and proofs on which it is based, has satisfied us that neither of said exceptions should have been sustained. The findings of fact, referred to in two of said specifications, appear, to have been warranted by the evidence, and the con*642elusions' of law complained of in the other three are legitimate deductions from the properly ascertained facts. We fully concur in the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Leaming v. WiseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1873
  2. Pearsoll v. ChapinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1863
  3. Negley v. LindsaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1871

3Cited by24 opinions

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  2. A.G. Allebach, Inc. v. HurleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. Washington Fidelity National Insurance v. BurtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  4. Stimson v. StimsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  5. Jones v. CostlowSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944

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