Manufacturers N. Gas Co. v. Douglass

Citations

• 130 Pa. 283
• 18 A. 630
• 1889 Pa. LEXIS 1184

Syllabus

<p>[To be rejjorted.]</p> <p>1. The proviso to the act of May 25, 1878, P. L. 149, authorizing’the reformation of certificates of acknowledgment of deeds, etc., excludes from the operation of the act only cases in which actions to recover the real estate were commenced before the date of the passage of the act.</p> <p>2. The remedy by bill in equity, given by the act, carries with it the usual attributes of equitable remedies, including the rule that the court shall have before it and determine the rights of all the parties interested in the subject matter of the litigation.</p> <p>3. Where a party interested adversely to the plaintiff in the hill is not made a party defendant, hut has appeared as the attorney for the defendant throughout the proceedings, the court, upon adjudging him a necessary party, should permit him to he added as a defendant.</p>