Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Smith
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
Decided August 21, 1902No. 44PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Hearing on Bill, Answer, and Proof.
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHBALD, District Judge.1
As. originally brought in the common pleas of Philadelphia, this was an action to recover a legacy according to the provisions of the state law (Act Feb. 24, 1834, §§ 50-56, P. L. 1833-34, pp. 83, 84); but, Having been removed into this court because of the diverse citizenship of the parties, it was transferred to the equity side, on the ground that it was the substitute for a bill, and must, therefore, be proceeded with in that character (Seibert v. Butz, 9 Watts, 490). The decedent, Samuel Harlan, Jr., departed this life February 6, 1883, having made a will, in…
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