Ziegenfuss v. Ziegenfuss Et Ux.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Arnold, J.,
Defendants appeal from an equity decree directing them to reeonvey some thirty-seven acres of land and a dwelling house.
The appellants recognize the familiar rule that findings of fact hy a chancellor, approved en banc, have the force and effect of a jury’s verdict, and will not be disturbed if supported by evidence of the quality required: Schaffer v. Cloud, 355 Pa. 650, 50 A. 2d 665. There is ample evidence to support the following facts found by the chancellor:
The plaintiff and his wife for many years owned and lived on a farm. An arrangement was made with their son,…
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- Sellers v. SellersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
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