Kinney v. Glasgow
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error, to the Court of Common Pleas of Blair county. This was an action of ejectment brought to April Term, 1865, by Jackson Kinney against Joseph Glasgow and others, to recover a tract of 65 acres of land in Blair county, in which a case was stated for the opinion of the court, showing the following facts Richard Glasgow, the owner of the land in controversy, had two wives, by both of whom he had children, the defendants in this suit.
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Error, to the Court of Common Pleas of Blair county. This was an action of ejectment brought to April Term, 1865, by Jackson Kinney against Joseph Glasgow and others, to recover a tract of 65 acres of land in Blair county, in which a case was stated for the opinion of the court, showing the following facts Richard Glasgow, the owner of the land in controversy, had two wives, by both of whom he had children, the defendants in this suit. After the death of his second wife, he married Isabella Kinney, by whom he had a son, Richard Tayloiv Glasgow. Richard Glasgow by his will, proved May 2d 1859,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Agnew, J.
The plaintiff is the illegitimate son of Mrs. Isabella Glasgow, widow of Richard Glasgow. Richard Glasgow devised to his son R. Taylor Glasgow a tract of land charged with the supply of necessary provisions and fire-wood, and the payment of an annuity of $25 to his mother during her natural lifetime, in lieu of her estate and dower in the land. R. Taylor Glasgow was also ordered to pay his half-sister Sarah $100, bequeathed to her but not specifically charged on the land.
R. Taylor Glasgow performed the terms of the will, and died seised,…
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