Edwards v. Newland
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 69, Oct. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1921, No. 604, for plaintiffs, on case-stated, in suit of Alice L. Edwards et al. ,v. Louis E. Newland. Case-stated to determine marketability of title to real estate.
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Appeal, No. 69, Oct. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1921, No. 604, for plaintiffs, on case-stated, in suit of Alice L. Edwards et al. ,v. Louis E. Newland. Case-stated to determine marketability of title to real estate. From the record it appeared that Alice L. Edwards, Viers D. Edwards and Mary Edwards Bernatz are plaintiffs, and Louis E. Newland is defendant in a ease-stated to obtain a decision whether the former can convey to the latter a good and marketable fee simple title for a certain piece of land in North Braddock Borough, Allegheny County,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Moschzisker,
The collateral facts in this case-stated will be found detailed in the notes of the Reporter; for present purposes it is sufficient to call attention to the will of Fred W. Edwards, deceased, which appoints his wife sole executrix, directs payment of his debts, and contains but one other provision, as follows: “I hereby bequeath to my beloved wife, Alice Edwards, all my estate, real, per*4sonal and mixed, of whatsoever kind or wheresoever situate, and, upon the death of my wife, the residue thereof shall be divided equally between our two children, ,Viers…
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