Naglee's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, in equity. The bill was brought by Henry M. Naglee, John Naglee and Joseph M. Naglee against Peter A. Keyser, Alfred Eitler, Charles M. Wagner and Thomas Hart, trustees, Samuel Megargee and Margaret his wife, James Burk and Mary his wife, and Andrew J. Catherwood and Ellen 0., his wife.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, in equity. The bill was brought by Henry M. Naglee, John Naglee and Joseph M. Naglee against Peter A. Keyser, Alfred Eitler, Charles M. Wagner and Thomas Hart, trustees, Samuel Megargee and Margaret his wife, James Burk and Mary his wife, and Andrew J. Catherwood and Ellen 0., his wife. The bill avers that John Naglee, by his will, with two codicils, made part of the bill, proved February 10th 1852, gave all the residue of his real and personal estate in trust for joint management and improvement, a portion thereof for ten years from his…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, March 26th 1866, by
Strong, J.
This case was heard in the court below on bill, answer, replication and proofs, and a decree was entered that partition be made between the parties according to their respective interests in the bill mentioned and described. From this decree an appeal has been taken, and several reasons have been urged for its reversal. Not one of them, however, has any substance in it.
The interests of the litigants are all derived from John Naglee, and their rights are to be determined by the directions of his will. By that he gave the…
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