Citation Numbers: 2 Pa. 38
Judges: Rogers
Filed Date: 9/15/1845
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 2/17/2022
— No exception can be taken to the general charge, nor to the answer to the points, except the fourth. The court are made to say, that a man is prohibited from making a present of money to his children. As an abstract principle, nothing can be more erroneous, for undoubtedly, a man may do as he pleases with his own property. But the court must have intended, as appears very clearly from the
We see no cause for complaint, admitting even the testimony of the declarations of Dr. Kimmel, that “ now he would buy land, and that he would buy in Obadiah’s name.” If he was indebted at the time the declarations were made, it is pertinent testimony; if he was not, it is evidence in the defendant’s favour, as it shows his honesty of purpose. In no point of view is he injured, and the court would be badly employed in reversing judgments for errors which work no mischief.
Judgment affirmed.