Appeal of Hall
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Chester county in equity: Of January Term, 1885, No. 365. This was an appeal by Iliram Hall and others, a committee appointed by Kennett Square preparatory meeting of Friends, from the decree of the court dismissing their bill; The bill and answer were referred to R. Jones Monaghan, Esq., whose findings of facts and conclusions of law were substantially as follows: The facts, as I understand the contention, are these: By deed dated…
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Chester county in equity: Of January Term, 1885, No. 365. This was an appeal by Iliram Hall and others, a committee appointed by Kennett Square preparatory meeting of Friends, from the decree of the court dismissing their bill; The bill and answer were referred to R. Jones Monaghan, Esq., whose findings of facts and conclusions of law were substantially as follows: The facts, as I understand the contention, are these: By deed dated June 14th, 1813, Robert Lamborn and wife, “in consideration of the yearly payment of one grain of wheat when lawfully…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
This bill was filed by Hiram Hall et al., in behalf of the Kennett Square Preparative Meeting of Friends, against Solomon and Sharpless Mercer, executors of the last will and testament of Samuel Martin, deceased, to establish an alleged right under the said will, and to compel the performance, by said executors, of certain duties incident to that right. Samuel Martin, for fifty years and upwards, prior to his decease, had been a member of the Preparative Meeting at Kennett Square'; he died on the 17th June, 1880, at an advanced age, possessed of an estate estimated to exceed $70,000, and…
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