Vaughn v. Vaughn
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 80, Jan. T., 1907, by plaintiff, from decree of O. P. Lackawanna Co., May T., 1905, No. 5, dismissing bill in equity in case of John Vaughn v. Daniel W. Vaughn and The South Scranton Building and Loan Association. Bill in equity to declare void the assignment of a note. Before Kelly, J. The facts-appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error-assigned was decree dismissing/the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The bill in this case was filed by an administrator to set aside the assignment of a note made by the decedent a few days before his death to his son. The averments of the bill are that the decedent because of sickness and the infirmities of age was unable to transact business, and that the assignment was procured by undue influence and fraud. Neither of these averments was sustained by the evidence. It was found by the learned judge that the decedent was not mentally weak when the assignment was made, but was of sound mind and capable of transacting business and fully understood…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Worrall's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885
- Simon v. SimonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Kleckner v. KlecknerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
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