Adrian v. Fink

Citations

• 226 Pa. 448
• 75 A. 676
• 1910 Pa. LEXIS 793

Syllabus

<p>Trusts and trustees — Equity—Accounting—Finding of fact — Responsive answer — Evidence.</p> <p>1. On a bill in equity to declare a trust and for an accounting where the court below finds on sufficient evidence that no trust in fact existed, a decree dismissing the bill will not be reversed in the absence of manifest error. The Act of June 7, 1907, P. L. 440, has no application to such a case.</p> <p>2. A responsive answer to a bill in equity must be overcome by the testimony of two credible witnesses, or one witness and such corroborating facts and circumstances as to amount to another witness.</p>