Good v. Fichthorn
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lancaster County
No. 395 January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 30 September Term 1890, C. P. On August 30, 1890, Benjamin Good and others, heirs at law of Solomon Good, deceased, brought ejectment against Richard Fichthorn and others, heirs at law of Isabella Good, deceased, to recover an undivided one half of a certain lot of ground on the south side of Main street, in the borough of Adamstown. Issue.
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No. 395 January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 30 September Term 1890, C. P. On August 30, 1890, Benjamin Good and others, heirs at law of Solomon Good, deceased, brought ejectment against Richard Fichthorn and others, heirs at law of Isabella Good, deceased, to recover an undivided one half of a certain lot of ground on the south side of Main street, in the borough of Adamstown. Issue. At the trial, on February 24, 1891, testimony was adduced showing that the plaintiffs were the brothers and sisters, and children of deceased brothers and sisters of Solomon Good, who died seised of the…
1Opinion of the Court
*291Opinion,
Mr. Justice Mitchell :
The will of Solomon Good gave his widow in the outset a fee-simple in the land in suit. This would be clear enough from the devise to her, “ as her absolute property,” in the fourth clause; but, as if to avoid any possible question on that point, the same clause vests her with “ all the powers and rights ” that testator himself possessed while living, and subsequent clauses declare she shall have the power to sell, and that the proceeds shall be her absolute property. Then follows the clause upon which the present contention arises: “ Should my wife during her…
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