Shalters v. Ladd
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY AMANDA S. LADD, TRUSTEE, PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OP BERKS COUNTY. January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 2 November Term 1887, C. P. On September 24, 1887, Francis B. Shalters brought an action for partition against Amanda S. Ladd, Lucy J. Livingood and Emma S. Kuendig, and the husbands of said Lucy J. Livingood and Emma S. Kuendig.
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APPEAL BY AMANDA S. LADD, TRUSTEE, PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OP BERKS COUNTY. January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 2 November Term 1887, C. P. On September 24, 1887, Francis B. Shalters brought an action for partition against Amanda S. Ladd, Lucy J. Livingood and Emma S. Kuendig, and the husbands of said Lucy J. Livingood and Emma S. Kuendig. The plaintiff’s declaration averred that the plaintiff and the defendants, Amanda S. Ladd, Lucy J. Livingood and Emma S. Kuendig, held as tenants in common certain real estate in the city of Reading, each being entitled to the undivided one…
1Opinion of the Court
•Opinion,
Mr. Justice Clark:
The single question for the determination of this court is, what estate did Hannah R. Shalters take under the will of Nicholas Seidel, deceased, dated October 1, 1849, and proved June 4,1850 ? The clause of the will which gives rise to the controversy is as follows, viz.:
“ Also, I give and devise to my daughter Hannah, intermarried with Francis B. Shalters, and to her heirs and assigns, forever, the three-storied brick tavern and the ground and stable thereto belonging, as it is now possessed and occupied by George Kalbach, situate on the north side of Penn street,…
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