Pleasants' Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia: No. 168, to July Term 1872. In the estate of Austin Montgomery, deceased, sur account of The Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives, &c., administrators d. b. n. c. t. a. of said deceased.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia: No. 168, to July Term 1872. In the estate of Austin Montgomery, deceased, sur account of The Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives, &c., administrators d. b. n. c. t. a. of said deceased. The controversy in this case arose under the will of John Bowen, who died March 4th 1835, having made his will, dated November 20th 1830, and proved June 17th 1835; letters testamentary were issued to Martha P. Bowen and Austin Montgomery, the executors named in it. At the date of his will and at the time of his death, the testator was domiciled in Philar…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
The contention in this case may be resolved into two questions. The one covered by the first four assignments of error; the other, by the sixth and seventh assignments.
The first question is, to whom, under the will of John Bowen, was given the compensation-money, subsequently paid, for the liberation of his slaves ?
On the 20th of November 1832, he was the owner of a plantation, with 130 slaves thereon, situated in the island of Jamaica. On that day, being domiciled in the city of Philadelphia, he made his last will and testament. Therein and thereby he' devised and bequeathed to his wife all…
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