Lentz v. Hertzog
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1ST ERROR. This was a writ of error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia. In the Court below, Peter Hertzog and Ann his wife, in right of the said Ann, and Thomas Graham and Sarah his wife, in right of the said Sarah, brought an action of partition to June term, 1835, against Francis Lasher and Maria Young, who survived her husband Peter Young, and Henry Lentz and Maria Barbara his wife, in right of the said Maria Barbara; to obtain partition of a…
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1ST ERROR. This was a writ of error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia. In the Court below, Peter Hertzog and Ann his wife, in right of the said Ann, and Thomas Graham and Sarah his wife, in right of the said Sarah, brought an action of partition to June term, 1835, against Francis Lasher and Maria Young, who survived her husband Peter Young, and Henry Lentz and Maria Barbara his wife, in right of the said Maria Barbara; to obtain partition of a certain three-story brick messuage and lot of ground, situate on the west side of Delaware Second street, between Browne…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J. —
The 9th section of the act of the 19th of April, 1794, declares, that “ In case any child shall have any estate, by settlement of the intestate, in his or her lifetime, by portion or portions equal to the share which shall be divided and allotted to the other children and other descendants, whether the same be by land or personal estate, such person shall have no share of the estate of which the said person died seized or possessed; and in case any child shall have any estate by settlement from the intestate, or shall have been advanced by…
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