Smith's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 308, Oct. T., 1917, by Samuel Calvin Smith, from decree of O. C. Blair Co., Jan. T., 1917, No. 175%, sustaining exceptions to auditor’s report in Estate of Eliza Calvin Smith, deceased. Exceptions to report of O. H. Hewit, Esq., auditor.
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Appeal, No. 308, Oct. T., 1917, by Samuel Calvin Smith, from decree of O. C. Blair Co., Jan. T., 1917, No. 175%, sustaining exceptions to auditor’s report in Estate of Eliza Calvin Smith, deceased. Exceptions to report of O. H. Hewit, Esq., auditor. Baldrige, P. J., filed the following opinion: On the 3d day of October, 1887, Samuel Calvin and James L. Mitchell entered into, an agreement which provided that Calvin “by these presents doth grant, convey to the said Mitchell, his heirs and assigns, the right and privilege to mine and convey all the coal in the strata or vein of coal known as the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The decision of the learned trial judge was in harmony with Hope’s App., 1 Sadler 307; Sanderson v. Scranton, 105 Pa. 469; Fairchild v. Fairchild, 6 Sadler 231; Delaware, Lack., Etc., R. R. Co. v. Sanderson, 109 Pa. 583; Lillibridge v. Lackawanna Coal Co., 143 Pa. 293; Kingsley v. Coal and Iron Co., 144 Pa. 613; Lazarus’ Est., 145 Pa. 1; Del. & Hudson Canal Co. v. Hughes, 183 Pa. 66; Hosack v. Crill, 18 Pa. Superior Ct. 90; Dorr v. Reynolds, 26 Pa. Superior Ct. 139; Arnold v. Cramer, 41 Pa. Superior Ct. 8; Lazarus v. The L. & W. Coal Co., 221 Pa. 415. The grant of…
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- Sanderson v. City of ScrantonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1884
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. SandersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885
- President, Managers & Co. of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. v. HughesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- Denniston v. HaddockSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
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