Tanner's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 117, Jan. T., 1907, by Bryant E. Sherman et al., from decree of O. C. McKean Co., Oct. T., 1905, No. 12, setting aside guardian’s sale in Estate of Stella A. Qurtis Tanner, Minor. Petition to set aside sale.
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Appeal, No. 117, Jan. T., 1907, by Bryant E. Sherman et al., from decree of O. C. McKean Co., Oct. T., 1905, No. 12, setting aside guardian’s sale in Estate of Stella A. Qurtis Tanner, Minor. Petition to set aside sale. Bouton, P. J., filed the following opinion: From the record it appears that Wallace E. Curtis died at Bradford in this county, on August 22, 1888, intestate, leaving a widow, Dillie Curtis, since intermarried with Jacob 'Dollmetsch, and a daughter, Stella A. Curtis, all of whom reside in this county. That on or about August 27, 1888, letters of administration were issued to…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
' The fact alleged in the petition and not denied in the answer, that the sale of the minor’s interest in land was made by her guardian for the purpose of securing for himself and others the title thereto, was sufficient ground for setting aside the sale without proof of actual fraud or inadequacy of price. That the intent was honest and a full consideration was paid does not prevent the application of the rule that a person assuming a fiduciary relation towards another in regard to property is disabled from using his power for his private benefit and that he cannot directly or…
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