Richards v. Rote
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
March 30th 1871. Before Thompson, 0. J., Read and Sharswood, JJ. Williams, J., at Nisi Prius. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of GUnton county: Of January Term 1871. This was an action of ejectment by Griffin Rote against Lewis Richards: the writ issued April 18th 1870. Casper Richards, the father of the plaintiff, died in November 1832, having made his will, in which was the following provision : “ And whereas, my son Lewis Richards is incapable of managing property for…
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March 30th 1871. Before Thompson, 0. J., Read and Sharswood, JJ. Williams, J., at Nisi Prius. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of GUnton county: Of January Term 1871. This was an action of ejectment by Griffin Rote against Lewis Richards: the writ issued April 18th 1870. Casper Richards, the father of the plaintiff, died in November 1832, having made his will, in which was the following provision : “ And whereas, my son Lewis Richards is incapable of managing property for himself, I will that he shall be paid one thousand dollars, which shall remain in the hands of my sons William and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered,
by Sharswood, J.
However it may have been before April 14th 1835, the 2d section of the Act of Assembly of that date, Pamph. L. 275, made it essential in order to divest the interest *252of a child or other person, by proceedings in partition in the Orphans’ Court, that each child or person should be named in the petition, decree and notices. It provides that “in the proceedings for the partition and valuation of an intestate’s real estate, the parties in interest shall be named in the petition, decree and notices when known, but if it shall appear on oath or…
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