Shippen v. Izard
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS was . an action of ejectment in which a case was stated for the opinion of the court, in substance as follows : William Shippen, formerly of the city of Philadelphia, doctor of medicine, died seised in fee of a part of the-premises for which this ejectment was brought, having previously made his will, whereby he devised the same in fee, inter alia, to his grandson Thomas Lee Shippen, who was the son of the testator’s son Thomas L. Shippen.
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THIS was . an action of ejectment in which a case was stated for the opinion of the court, in substance as follows : William Shippen, formerly of the city of Philadelphia, doctor of medicine, died seised in fee of a part of the-premises for which this ejectment was brought, having previously made his will, whereby he devised the same in fee, inter alia, to his grandson Thomas Lee Shippen, who was the son of the testator’s son Thomas L. Shippen. Thomas L. Shippen died seised in fee of the other part of the premises mentioned in the ejectment, having first made his will with a codicil thereto,…
1Opinion of the Court
Tii.ghman C. J.
■ The plaintiff claims as heir of his brother Thomas Lee Shippen, deceased, two parcels of land, one of which was devised to the said Thomas, by his father, Thomas L. Shippen, the other by his grandfather, William Ship-pen. I will first consider that which was devised by the father.
It is enacted, by the 7th section of the act of 19th April, 1794, “that in case any person so as aforesaid, seised, or pos- “ sessed, shall die, leaving neither widow, nor lawful issue, “ nor father, but leaving a mother, the whole of the real es- “ tate shall be enjoyed by the mother of the…
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