People's National Bank v. Loeffert
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 127, Oct. T., 1897, by defendants, from decree of O. P. No. 1, Allegheny County, March Term, 1897, No. 499, on bill in equity. Bill in equity for decree that plaintiffs’ judgments be declared liens upon land the title of which is not in the name of the defendant in the judgment, but the improvements on which were made with his funds.
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Appeal, No. 127, Oct. T., 1897, by defendants, from decree of O. P. No. 1, Allegheny County, March Term, 1897, No. 499, on bill in equity. Bill in equity for decree that plaintiffs’ judgments be declared liens upon land the title of which is not in the name of the defendant in the judgment, but the improvements on which were made with his funds. At the trial the court refused defendants’ motion that the bill be dismissed, upon the ground that there is a complete and adequate remedy at law. [1] The court, Stowe, P. J., filed the following opinion: John and George Loeffert were partners in a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Fell,
Briefly stated, the facts upon which the decree is based as found by the court are these: In 1896 two of the defendants, John and George LoeiTert, were in the planing mill business as partners. They were then and had been for several years irretrievably insolvent, and had carried on their business with money fraudulently obtained by false statements as to their financial condition. The third defendant, Albert LoeiTert, was the superintendent of their mill. He knew of their financial condition, and actively co-operated with them in secreting their property…
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