Hopkins v. Glunt
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2. of Allegheny 'county: Of October and November Term, 1885, No. 224. This was an amicable action in debt on the following case stated for the judgment of the Court: It is agreed that the following facts be agreed upon in the nature of a case stated for the judgment of the Court: said facts so agreed upon to have the same force and effect as if established by the verdict of a jury after trial, with leave to either party to sue out a…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2. of Allegheny 'county: Of October and November Term, 1885, No. 224. This was an amicable action in debt on the following case stated for the judgment of the Court: It is agreed that the following facts be agreed upon in the nature of a case stated for the judgment of the Court: said facts so agreed upon to have the same force and effect as if established by the verdict of a jury after trial, with leave to either party to sue out a writ of error to the judgment of this Court. Cn the 27th day of June, A. D. 1885, the aforesaid plaintiffs and defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Mercur
The alleged error in this judgment is determined by the construction to be given to the will of David Hopkins. The specific contention is whether Margaret Hopkins took an estate in fee, in the real estate of which he died seised.
In the second paragraph of his will he declares, “ I give, devise and bequeath to my beloved wife, Margaret Hopkins, her heirs and assigns forever, all my property, real, personal and mixed, of what nature or kind soever, and wheresoever the same shall be at the time of my death.”
In the third paragraph he declares “ My wish is, that after the sale of my real estate by…
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