Ferree v. Commonwealth ex rel. Elliott
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. A SUIT having been brought in the Court of Common ^pieas Df Lancaster county, by the defendant in error, against the plaintiffs in error, a case was stated for the opinion of the Court, to be considered as a special verdict, with liberty to either party, with the consent of the other, to introduce any new fact, which might be deemed material, and to remove CaSe bY WIÍt °f error* T, . . r ,. It was m substance as follows Joseph Terree died in the year 1804, seised…
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In Error. A SUIT having been brought in the Court of Common ^pieas Df Lancaster county, by the defendant in error, against the plaintiffs in error, a case was stated for the opinion of the Court, to be considered as a special verdict, with liberty to either party, with the consent of the other, to introduce any new fact, which might be deemed material, and to remove CaSe bY WIÍt °f error* T, . . r ,. It was m substance as follows Joseph Terree died in the year 1804, seised of real estate in the township of Strasburg, Lancaster county, intestate, and leaving a widow, but no children. David…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Gibson J.
Joseph Ferree, the intestate, left a widow, a brother, and the issue of two sisters. By an inquisition taken on the real estate, for the purpose of making partition, it was found that the property could not be divided, without ánjury to the whole, and it was appraised according to the intestate laws. The heirs severally appeared, and refused to take at the valuation, and an order of sale was obtained and renewed from time to time, till the property, after the lapse of a few years, was sold. In the meanwhile, David Ferree, the brother of the…
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