Yeakel v. McAtee
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 74, July T., 1892, by plaintiff, Sarab Yeakel, executrix of Maria Corson, from decree of C. P. Montgomery Co., Doc. T., 1886, No. 8, on bill in equity against J. Q. McAtee and J. Q. McAtee, executor of Mary Ann Corson. Bill to compel transfer of stock and bonds. The case was referred to B. E. Chain, Esq., as master, who reported a decree in favor of tlie plaintiff.
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Appeal, No. 74, July T., 1892, by plaintiff, Sarab Yeakel, executrix of Maria Corson, from decree of C. P. Montgomery Co., Doc. T., 1886, No. 8, on bill in equity against J. Q. McAtee and J. Q. McAtee, executor of Mary Ann Corson. Bill to compel transfer of stock and bonds. The case was referred to B. E. Chain, Esq., as master, who reported a decree in favor of tlie plaintiff. Exceptions to the master’s report were sustained by the court in the following opinion by Swartz, P. J.: “ The master states clearly the facts upon which he bases bis conclusion. There was before him a great mass of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
It is possible that McAtee is as bad as, in the interest of the appellant, he is represented to be; but that he is a clergyman who enjoys the confidence of his parishioners is not sufficient ground for believing that -he is. In the mere fact that Maria Corson sought and received his assistance in the transfer of certain stocks and bonds as' a gift to her daughter there is nothing indicative of a fraudulent purpose on his part or discreditable to either of them. It is not a necessary inference from such fact that his compliance with the request of the donor was…
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