Frisbee v. Irvin
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Butler county: Of October and November Term 1876, No. 187. In Equity. This was a bill in equity filed by J. C. Frisbee, which, in substance, set forth, that on May 6th 1873, John Hemphill owned in fee seventy-five acres of land in Butler county, which on that day he conveyed by deed of general warranty to J. C. McKinney; that on June 25th 1873, McKinney, by articles of agreement, leased a portion of said tract to D. C. Scott; that on…
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Butler county: Of October and November Term 1876, No. 187. In Equity. This was a bill in equity filed by J. C. Frisbee, which, in substance, set forth, that on May 6th 1873, John Hemphill owned in fee seventy-five acres of land in Butler county, which on that day he conveyed by deed of general warranty to J. C. McKinney; that on June 25th 1873, McKinney, by articles of agreement, leased a portion of said tract to D. C. Scott; that on August 13th 1873, Scott, by articles of agreement, sold to Frisbee one-fourth interest in said lease, with an oil-well…
1Opinion of the Court
• Mr. Justice Sharswood
delivered the opinion of the court, January 6th 1879.
It is unquestionably true that the Courts of Common Pleas, by the Act of October 18th 1840, Pamph. L. 7, have all the powers and jurisdiction of courts of chancery, in settling partnership accounts, and such other accounts and claims as by the.common law and usages of this Commonwealth have heretofore been settled by account-render. These words' are-broad enough to include accounts between tenants in common,' though this remedy was first given to them by statute 4 Ann., c. 16, sect. 27, reported by the judges to be in…
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