Appeal of Church
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
July Term, 1887, No. 206, E. D., Appeal from an order of the Common Pleas of Lackawanna County in equity commanding defendants to deliver up possession of lands in their possession, January Term, 1883, No. 5. In 1883 Helen M. Kelsey and others filed a bill in equity for partition against Joseph Church and Charles J. Church.
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July Term, 1887, No. 206, E. D., Appeal from an order of the Common Pleas of Lackawanna County in equity commanding defendants to deliver up possession of lands in their possession, January Term, 1883, No. 5. In 1883 Helen M. Kelsey and others filed a bill in equity for partition against Joseph Church and Charles J. Church. January 21, 1886, a decree was entered in favor of the plaintiffs, alloting to them four ninths of the land and commanding the defendants to execute a good and sufficient deed for the .same to the plaintiffs. The decree not having been complied with, an attachment was…
1Per curiam
If it be at all necessary to prove so obvious a proposition as that a court of equity has the power to enforce its own decrees, that proof may be found in the able opinion of the learned judge of the court below.
The appeal is dismissed and the decree affirmed, at costs of appellants.
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