Appeal of Wistar
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county: Of July Term, 1886, No. 198. Appeal of Richard Wistar and William Lewis Wistar from the decree of said court, confirming an inquisition in partition and ordering the real estate of Richard Wistar, deceased, to be sold unless the parties iu interest accepted them at the1 appraised value.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county: Of July Term, 1886, No. 198. Appeal of Richard Wistar and William Lewis Wistar from the decree of said court, confirming an inquisition in partition and ordering the real estate of Richard Wistar, deceased, to be sold unless the parties iu interest accepted them at the1 appraised value. This was a petition to the Orphans’ Court by Lewis A. Scott, guardian and next friend of Alexander H. Scott, a minor, John M. Scott and Lewis A. Scott, Jr., for partition of certain real estate of Richard Wistar, deceased. The following are the facts of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
The petitioners set forth their title, the names and interest of the tenants in common, and the adjudication resulting in the possession by each tenant of his undivided interest in the land embraced in the partition. Upon the answer of Supplee, the lot in his possession, which he claims adversely to the petitioners, was excluded.
The appellants filed a plea denying that they are tenants in common with petitioners, denying the right of the petitioners to any portion of the land, or to have partition thereof; and they claim to hold the real estate exclusive of the partitioners. This plea is…
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