Roth v. Cohn
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 113, Jan. T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1907, No. 5951, for plaintiff on case stated in suit of Claude L. Roth, master, v. Harry Cohn. Case stated to determine title to real estate. Before Willson, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Error assigned was in entering judgment for plaintiff on case stated.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
The appeal is from, judgment on a case stated, and the question we have to decide is one of title to land acquired under the last will of Charles Brechemim, deceased. The language of the devise was as follows: “I give and devise all my real estate situated in Philadelphia to my five children for and during the term of their natural lives respectively, and on the decease of any of them leaving issue, then I give and devise the share of such child so dying (supposing that he or she had an equal share in fee of my real estate aftersaid) to such issue in fee simple.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Guthrie's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1861
- McKee v. McKinleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1859
- Arnold v. Muhlenberg CollegeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
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