Legal Opinion

Dennison v. Goehring

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 23, 1847PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Allegheny county. Sept. 16. The only question here was, whether a bill of review could be maintained for errors apparent on the record, after decree upon appeal to the Supreme Court.

1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.

This cause was commenced in the District Court for the county of Allegheny, on its equity side, by bill filed by Jacob Goehring and wife against Samuel Dennison, setting out a trust created for the benefit of the wife, and praying a decree for an account. A final decree having been pronounced, in accordance with the prayer of the .complainant, the defendant, Dennison, by virtue of the statutes giving an appeal from decrees in equity made by the Common Pleas and District Courts, appealed to this court, and, after a rehearing here, the decree of the court below was affirmed, at the September…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Washington Bridge Co. v. StewartSupreme Court of the United States · 1845

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Bailey's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  2. Frantz v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  3. Lawler v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  4. Bullitt's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1932
  5. Pennsylvania Railroad v. SchwartzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956

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