Hartley Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the .Orphans’ Court of Greene connty, by Samuel Hartley and John Minor. Hannah D.‘ Gallion, on the 30th day of June 1866, made to Hartley and Minor a power of attorney to collect and receive all money and property coming to her as heir of John Douglass, deceased, with power to convey her interest in the real estate of the decedent, &c., “ the said Hartley and Minor to receive as compensation for their services herein one-half of the net proceeds of my interest in…
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Appeal from the .Orphans’ Court of Greene connty, by Samuel Hartley and John Minor. Hannah D.‘ Gallion, on the 30th day of June 1866, made to Hartley and Minor a power of attorney to collect and receive all money and property coming to her as heir of John Douglass, deceased, with power to convey her interest in the real estate of the decedent, &c., “ the said Hartley and Minor to receive as compensation for their services herein one-half of the net proceeds of my interest in said estate which may be collected or received by them as my attorneys, after paying all costs and expenses, they to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Thompson, J.
There was no error committed by the court below in holding the power of attorney of Hannah Gallion to the. appellants to be revocable. It was an ordinary agency, constituted by letter of attorney, to act for her to enforce a settlement of his accounts by the administrator of her father’s estate, in which she was interested, and to collect any moneys or property that might belong, or be coming to her. For these services the attorneys were to have one-half of the net proceeds of what they might receive or recover for her. The plaintiffs in…
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