Singer's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 218, Jan. T., 1906, by Sarah G. Hackett aud Mary K. Gunkle, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., sustaining exceptions to readjudication in Estate of Severin Singer, deceased. Exceptions to readjudication. Ashman, J., filed the following opinion : The exceptions relate to the award of the share in his father’s estate of John Singer, a son, to Sarah O. Hackett, an alleged purchaser of his interest.
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Appeal, No. 218, Jan. T., 1906, by Sarah G. Hackett aud Mary K. Gunkle, from decree of O. C. Phila. Co., sustaining exceptions to readjudication in Estate of Severin Singer, deceased. Exceptions to readjudication. Ashman, J., filed the following opinion : The exceptions relate to the award of the share in his father’s estate of John Singer, a son, to Sarah O. Hackett, an alleged purchaser of his interest. The share amounted to about $8,000, against which a mortgage for $3,000 had been given by the son, leaving a net value of $5,000, for which the claimant paid $500. The testator’s will…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The learned court below found that while the bargain was unconscionable because of the, gross inadequacy of the price yet it was not fraudulent, and, therefore, could not be set aside.
The decree is affirmed on the opinion of the court below.
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