Handley v. Palmer
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania
This was a suit in equity by Henry Handley and others, heirs at law of John Handley, deceased, against Henry W. Palmer and others, seeking to have adjudged invalid the residuary clause in the will of the said John Handley.
1Opinion of the Court
ACHESON, Circuit Judge.
John Handley, late a citizen of the state of Pennsylvania, and a resident of the city of Scranton, in that state, died at that city on February 15, 1895, without leaving to survive him a wife or any descendants, or any relatives nearer than first cousins. He left a large estate, both personal and real. A great part of his real estate was situated in the city of Scranton, and elsewhere in the state of Pennsylvania. A portion, consisting of about 15,000 acres of timber and coal land, was situated in the county of McDowell, in the state of West Virginia; and another *950portion…
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