Colonial Trust Co. v. Hoffstot
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 109, Oct. T., 1907, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., April T., 1906, No. 1,174, dismissing bill in equity in case of The Colonial Trust Company, Administrator of the Estate of W. C. Jutte, deceased, Jane C. Jutte, and Mercantile Trust Co., Guardian, v. F. N. Hoffstot and James W. Friend. Bill in equity for an account. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was decree dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Mitchell,
This case involves the review of financial transactions between borrower and lender. Except for the large amounts dealt with, the complication of the transactions, and certain sensational features having no real bearing on the law or the merits of the case, it does not differ from the common run of such cases. The general subject of the litigation is thus clearly summed up by the learned judge below before whom the case was tried: “ The bill is for an injunction to restrain the sale by the defendants of collateral of plaintiffs’ decedent for a debt alleged…
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