Hammond's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 104, Jan. T., 1900, by James C. Roller, from decree of O. C. Blair Co., 1899, No. 286, enforcing a charge upon land in the case of estate of William Ilammond, deceased. Petition of representatives of William Hammond, deceased, for citation on Adam Hoover and J. C. Roller to show cause why they should not pay a legacy charged on land. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was decree enforcing the charge on the land.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Brown,
William Hammond died November 4, 1871. At the time of his death, he was the owner of an undivided half interest in a farm in Woodbury township, Blair county, his son, Henry K. Hammond, owning the other half. By the terms of his will, admitted to probate February 27, 1872, he devised this undivided half interest to his said son, Henry, the devise being as follows: “ My son, Henry K. Hammond, and I purchased from George W. Smith a farm in Woodbury township and a piece or tract of land in Catharine township, in the county of Blair and state of Pennsylvania. I hereby…
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