Lefebvre v. D'Arcy
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 102, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1911, No. 5059, for defendant on case stated in suit of Anna M. Lefebvre, et al., v. Joseph D’Arcy. Case stated to determine marketable title to real estate. Before Ralston, J. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was in entering judgment for defendant on case stated.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
The narrow question raised on this appeal is whether, under the will of John Blackburn, the material parts of which appear in the case stated, his two grandchildren, Charles E. Lefebvre and Charlotte L. Burwell, took an estate in remainder in properties Nos. 24 and 26 Benton (now South Hicks) street, Philadelphia. The testator gave a life estate in them to his daughter, Anna M. Lefebvre, the mother of his said grandchildren, and she and they entered into an agreement to sell them to the appellee; but, on the case stated to determine whether they could give a good…
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