Knecht v. Reichard
Knecht v. Reichard
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The purchaser of the property at sheriff’s sale brought his action to recover possession under the Act of April 20, 1905, P. L. 239.
In his petition he sets forth the facts in regard to his acquisition of the property and that the defendant is in possession, as husband of the defendant in the execution by virtue of which the property was sold. In the answer the husband states that he does not claim possession as
The story is, that the appellant was induced by his wife, by persistent persuasion, “nagging” as he calls it, to make the deed for the property (about to be purchased with his money) in her name, “so that she might get a home,” “that she should have a home, if anything should happen to him,” and that they might, as they thought, evade the payment of the collateral inheritance tax. These were the reasons that induced the giving of the deed to the wife, but there is not a word in the testi
The defendant in his answer denied the jurisdiction of the court and at the same time asked for a jury trial.
Having had his day in court and the conclusion drawn from the facts as they appeared at the trial being adverse to him, he cannot with fairness now raise a merely technical objection. It appears that the Act of 1905, P. L., 239, gection 5, does allow parties claiming by a right in title other than that set forth in the petition to aver such right with particularity in the answer and to have the facts submitted to a jury and irrespective of the fact whether the resulting trust is claimed under the title of the defendant in the execution or not, the appellant having chosen his forum, cannot now question the right of the court to determine the matter, even if he might in the first place, have argued with some force that he could not be compelled to submit to a trial under the act. His demand for a jury trial brought him within the. express provision of the act.
.We see no force in any of the,"assignments, of error, they are overruled' and the judgment-1 is -affirmed.. Appellant for costs. '
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- Deeds — Revocation—Trusts and trustees — Resulting trust — Hus~band and wife. The evidence to establish a resulting trust must be clear, precise, convincing and satisfactory. It is not enough that it satisfies the jury. It must- also satisfy the mind and conscience of the court as a chancellor sitting and reviewing the testimony and if the evidence fails to satisfy in this respect, the evidence must be withdrawn from the jury. In-a'proceeding'by a purchaser of real estate at a sheriff’s sale to recover possession Under the Act of April 20, 1905,'P. L. 239, the person in possession who was the husband of the defendant in the execution, prayed-, a jury trial, and- at the trial testified that -the property had been bought with his own money, but that he was induced by the nagging, of his wife to put the property in her name so “that she should have a home if anything should happen to him,” •and that they might, as they thought, evade the payment of the collateral inheritance tax. He offered no testimony however, to show any understanding that the deed should not convey the absolute title to the wife, or that there were any conditions or trust imposed upon her in the title acquired by her. It appeared that the deed was delivered to the husband and that he retained it until his wife deserted him and took it, with her. It also appeared that he had put the deed on record. Held, (1) that the evidence was insufficient to sustain a resulting trust in favor of the husband; (2) that the husband after having secured a jury trial could not, after decision adverse to him, claim that he was not compelled to submit to a trial under the act.