Larzelere v. Jones

Citations

• 53 Pa. Super. 46
• 1913 Pa. Super. LEXIS 127

Syllabus

<p>Equity — Parties—Jurisdiction—Tenants in common — Accounting.</p> <p>1. Two or more tenants in common may maintain a joint bill in equity for an accounting against another tenant in common who assumed the management of the joint estate, when it appears that the rights of all the parties arose out of the same title on the same state of facts, that their claims were of equal amounts, and that any defense set up under the pleadings would be available against all of the plaintiffs.</p> <p>2. In such a case a statement furnished by the defendant to the plaintiff need not to be made part of the bill where it is averred that the defendants had no means of verifying the statement, as the latter had refused to exhibit leases of the property, or vouchers for expenditures or repairs.</p> <p>Appeals — Amount in controversy — Supreme or Superior' Court.</p> <p>3. An appeal may be taken to the superior court from a decree dismissing a bill in equity filed by several tenants in common against a cotenant in possession for an accounting where it appears that the share due to each plaintiff was less than $1,500.</p>