Handley v. Palmer
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
1Opinion of the Court
GRAY, Circuit Judge.
This suit was instituted to test the validity of the residuary clause of the will of John Handley, who at the time of his death, February 15, 1895, was a citizen of the state of Pennsylvania, and a resident of the city of Scranton, in that state. He left to survive him neither wife nor descendants, and no relatives nearer than first cousins. These first cousins, or twelve of them, were the complainants in this suit. 'Seven of them live abroad, being residents in Ireland and England. The remaining five are citizens and residents of states in this country other than…
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