Estate of Keys

Citations

• 137 Pa. 565
• 20 A. 710
• 1890 Pa. LEXIS 995

Syllabus

<p>(a) A coparcener of land, in process of partition, executed a power of attorney authorizing his sister to take possession of his real estate, to lease, and to sell and convey the same, and transmitted it by a letter to her saying: “ I want you to collect the money that is coming to me from the land that is now to be sold, and keep the $250 and the interest on it that I borrowed of you: ”</p> <p>1. In such ease, the power of attorney and letter operated as an equitable assignment to the sister of so much of the brother’s interest in the estate as would be sufficient to pay the indebtedness specified in the letter, and the sister to that extent acquired a vested right in such interest, which was not divested by the death of the brother after the execution of the power of attorney.</p>