Forsyth v. Colonial Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Forsyth v. Colonial Trust Co., 220 Pa. 60 (Pa. 1908)
69 A. 88; 1908 Pa. LEXIS 730
Brown, Elkin, Fell, Mestrezat, Mitchell, Potter, Shaeer, Stewart
Forsyth v. Colonial Trust Co.
Opinion of the Court
We do not find in this case anything but questions of fact. The transactions were conducted in such loose and unbusinesslike manner that after the death of the principal parties it is difficult, if indeed it is possible for others to unravel them with entire confidence in the accuracy of the conclusions reached. The findings of the learned judge below are the result of careful examination and while the evidence on which they rest was meager, we cannot say that it was insufficient.
Judgment affirmed.
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- Equity — Findings of fact — Evidence—Appeal. The findings of fact by the court below in a complicated equity proceeding to the effect that certain bonds were the property of the defendant, will not be set aside in the absence of manifest error, where it appears that the principal parties were dead, that the transactions between them were conducted in a loose and unbusinesslike manner, making it difficult for others than the parties to unravel them, and that the evidence, although meager, was sufficient to sustain the findings.