Fitzpatrick v. Engard
Citations
- 175 Pa. 393
- 34 A. 803
- 1896 Pa. LEXIS 1262
Syllabus
<p>Equity — Equity practice.</p> <p>It is improper practice in equity to treat the court’s conclusions of law as the equivalent of a decree. A formal decree should be drawn.</p> <p>Practice, S. O. — Assignments of error — Exceptions in equity proceedings.</p> <p>Assignments of error which set forth portions of the opinion of the court below on exceptions to the court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law are irregular if they omit to recite the particular exceptions to which the assignments relate.</p> <p>Principal and agent — Statute of frauds.</p> <p>A signature made by direction of a party in his presence to a contract for the sale of land is a signature by the party and not by the agent. No question of agency under the statute of frauds arises in such a case.</p>
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- holding that appeal from notice of suspension of vehicle registration is premature where notice indicated that a vehicle was scheduled to be suspended but that the scheduled suspension could be avoided if proof were sent that financial responsibility coverage had not lapsed
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Judges: Dean, Fell, Green, McCollum, Sterrett
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