Legal Opinion

Murphy v. Murphy

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 4, 1919No. Appeal, No. 68PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal, No. 68, Oct. T., 1918, by defendant, from decree of O. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1916, No. 1863, on bill in equity in case of Charles E. Murphy v. Samuel N. Murphy. Bill in equity for an accounting. Before Carpenter, J. Error assigned was decree for an accounting.

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

This appeal is from an order directing the appellant to account to the appellee, with whom he was a partner in building operations. It is taken under the Act of June 24, 1895, P. L. 243, which provides for it where there is a denial of liability to account. The appellant avers his willingness to account, but only from a certain *197date. Under this averment his appeal must be dismissed : Beatty v. Safe Dep. & T. Guar. Go., 226 Pa. 430. In that case, in speaking of an appeal from an interlocutory decree ordering an account by the appellant, we said: “It is taken under the Act of June…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Beatty v. Safe Deposit & Title Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Wettengel v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  2. Underdown v. UnderdownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  3. McCollum v. Braddock Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  4. Rowley v. RowleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  5. Murphy v. MurphySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1925

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