Boyle v. Boyle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 187, Oct. T., 1891, by defendants, Henry R. Boyle et al., from judgment of C. P. Beaver Co., June T., 1890, No. 267, for plaintiff, Christopher C. Boyle, in ejectment, tried before court without jury. Ejectment by plaintiff as heir of David Boyle. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The case was tried before the court, Wickham, P. J., without a jury. The court in an opinion, found in favor of plaintiff.
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Appeal, No. 187, Oct. T., 1891, by defendants, Henry R. Boyle et al., from judgment of C. P. Beaver Co., June T., 1890, No. 267, for plaintiff, Christopher C. Boyle, in ejectment, tried before court without jury. Ejectment by plaintiff as heir of David Boyle. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The case was tried before the court, Wickham, P. J., without a jury. The court in an opinion, found in favor of plaintiff. Exceptions were filed by defendants, which were dismissed by the court, and judgment entered for plaintiff. Counsel in court below agreed that widow had only life…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
It is conceded that David Boyle was at the time of his death in 1866 the owner of the land in controversy, and that both parties to this action claimed title under him. The plaintiff seeks to recover, as one of the children and heirs at law, his distributive share in his father’s real estate under the intestate laws. The defendants rely upon the last will and testament of David Boyle, by the terms of which he devised an estate in this land to his wife. If that estate was for life only then the plaintiff would seem to be entitled to a verdict ; but if it was an…
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