Patterson v. Lennig
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 4 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 58 July Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 465 March Term 1884, C. P. No. 4 in equity. The proceeding in the court below was by a bill in equity filed on May 9, 1884, by Cunningham S. Patterson, Richard Penistan and Henry R. Heyl against Charles Lennig. Soon after the filing of the bill, there was an amendment by way of striking out the name of Henry R. Heyl as a party complainant.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 4 OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 58 July Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 465 March Term 1884, C. P. No. 4 in equity. The proceeding in the court below was by a bill in equity filed on May 9, 1884, by Cunningham S. Patterson, Richard Penistan and Henry R. Heyl against Charles Lennig. Soon after the filing of the bill, there was an amendment by way of striking out the name of Henry R. Heyl as a party complainant. At a subsequent date other parties were added as complainants. The bill averred: That in the year 1875 the plaintiffs, together with a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mk. Justice Paxson.
This case has been so well discussed by the learned judge of the court below that we might well be excused from adding to what he has said. In order that the case may not be misunderstood or misapplied hereafter, we desire to repeat emphatically that we do not propose to interfere with or impair in the least degree the well established rule that a trustee will not be allowed, unless by leave of court first had, to purchase the trust property at his own sale, nor in any manner to make a profit out of the same. This rule is not only established, but it is one of great…
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