Legal Opinion

Hunter v. Anderson

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 3, 1893No. Appeal, No. 206PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal, No. 206, Oct. T., 1892, by Charles A. Anderson, defendant from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1892, No. 210, for plaintiff, Morton Hunter, trustee, etc., on ease-stated.

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Appeal, No. 206, Oct. T., 1892, by Charles A. Anderson, defendant from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1892, No. 210, for plaintiff, Morton Hunter, trustee, etc., on ease-stated. Case-stated setting forth that one McCallin confessed judgment to Morton Hunter, trustee for the use of Gamble Weir et al., McCallin’s creditors, and that Morton and Weir purchased at sheriff’s sale McCallin’s real estate, sold under a fi. fa. at the suit of Hunter, trustee as aforesaid. That the purchase was made under an agreement executed by Weir et al., McCallin’s creditors, dated Dec. 31, 1891,…

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Opinion by

Mb.. Chief Justice Paxson,

The third specification presents the only question that requires discussion. The specification is as follows: “ The court erred in not holding that the said Morton Hunter, trustee, had no power to convey the premises in question to defendant in fee simple, free and discharged from the lien of judgments of record against either of the cestuis que trustents, or from the lien of debts not of record against the estate of Gamble Weir, deceased, or from the lien of the dower interest of the respective wives of the cestuis que trustents.”

This specification is…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Willing v. PetersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1847
  2. Philadelphia & Reading Railroad v. Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1860

3Cited by5 opinions

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  3. Sagendorph v. LutzMichigan Supreme Court · 1938
  4. Sweeney v. HornSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
  5. Bartlett v. GillDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1915

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