Bevan v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Case Stated, THIS was an ejectment for a house and lot in German-town., brought by Davis Bevan against Samuel Taylor and Mary Rainey, in which the following case was stated for the opinion of the. Court. William Forbes and Mary. Bevan, were- married and had issue one child, Nathaniel Forbes.
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Case Stated, THIS was an ejectment for a house and lot in German-town., brought by Davis Bevan against Samuel Taylor and Mary Rainey, in which the following case was stated for the opinion of the. Court. William Forbes and Mary. Bevan, were- married and had issue one child, Nathaniel Forbes. During the marriage, William Forbes acquired a considerable real'estate, in -the city of Philadelphia, in Germantown and elsewhere, including the premises in question, and died intestate, in the yeár 1801, leaving his widow, the said -Mary, and his son the said Nathaniel, ah infant, surviving, to whom the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Duncan J.
On this statement of. facts, the question is, does the real estate of an intestate, coming on the part of his father, descend by She laws of Pennsylvania to his next of *399¿in on his father’s side, or does it go to all the next of kin of equal degree to the intestate, whether paternal or maternal kindred, excluding the mother alone.
That the heir at common law takes, except in the cases enumerated in the several Acts directing the descent of intestate’s estates, is a.principle as firmly fixed as uniform decision can establish any doctrine of the…
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