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4 Whart. 399

Fassit v. Phillips

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 15, 1839

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1839-04-15

IN EQUITY. This cause came before the Court on a motion to dissolve an injunction, which had been granted on the filing of a bill by James Fassit, Theodore L. Fassit and Alfred Fassit, co -partners in trade, as James Fassit & Co., against Isaac Phillips, Joseph L. Moss, Joseph Mora Moss and David Samuel.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently July 1859

2 state decisions

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Decided 1839-04-15

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Per Curiam. —

¶1The charge of actual fraud is repelled by the answer; and an implication of legal fraud cannot be.raised from the admitted fact, that the house was left out of the assignment. In Thomas v. Jenhs, a substantial benefit was reserved ; but here there was nothing of the sort. The legal title, incumbered as it is sworn to be, beyond the fee simple value, is a caput mortuum, which though it might have swelled the apparent amount of the schedule, could have held out but a deceptive promise to the creditors. It would therefore be useless, and perhaps mischievous, to suspend the execution of the trust till the hearing.

¶2Injunction dissolved.

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