Legal Opinion

McGeary v. Jenkins

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 17, 1898No. Appeal, No. 313PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal, No. 313, Jan. T., 1897, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1895, No. 372, on bill in equity. Bill in equity to compel tbe reconveyance of real estate purebased by defendants at a sheriff’s sale.

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Appeal, No. 313, Jan. T., 1897, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1895, No. 372, on bill in equity. Bill in equity to compel tbe reconveyance of real estate purebased by defendants at a sheriff’s sale. Before Biddle, P. J. Tbe bill averred that the complainant was seized of premises No. 2229 Seybert street, No. 1338 North Twenty-third street, and No. 1703 North Fifteenth street; that March 2, 1895, site borrowed of the Artisans’ Building and Loan Association $2,200, secured by a mortgage on tlie premises ; that a judgment was entered on the bond, and damages…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice McCollum,

The plaintiff’s bill appears to have been dismissed on the ground that the eleventh paragraph of it was not sustained by the evidence, and that the other matters included in it were res adjudicata. It is averred in the eleventh paragraph of the bill that the plaintiff offered and still offers to repay defendant Jenkins any money expended by him in the purchase of the property to which this litigation relates, and that she requested and still requests from him a conveyance of said property to her on her repayment of the money so expended. In other *444parts of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Kauffman v. GriesemerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1856
  2. Gilbert v. HoffmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1833
  3. Smull v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1841
  4. Conyngham's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
  5. Sharp v. Long & BradySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1857

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Jones v. CostlowSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  2. Luther v. LutherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
  3. Davis v. Ebensburg Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931

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