Volk v. Volk
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 169, Oct. T., 1921, by defendants, from decree of O. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1920, No. 535, on bill in equity, in case of Bernard Volk, Jr., v. Charles Volk et al. Bill for specific performance. Before Swearingen, J, The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Decree for plaintiff. Defendants appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was decree, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
Plaintiff is one of five children of Bernard Volk, Sr., who died in 1902, leaving valuable real estate consisting of two separate properties, situate in the City of Mc-Keesport, which he devised to his wife for life and on her death to his children in equal shares. The widow died in 1919, and, on January 14, 1920, plaintiff entered into an agreement with the other heirs to purchase both properties for the sum of $100,000, agreeing to pay his brother and sisters $20,000 each for their respective shares. One of the heirs executed the deed presented by plaintiff in…
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