Sackman v. Campbell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Scott, J.

The plaintiffs have appealed from a judgment of dismissal rendered upon an order sustaining a demurrer to their complaint. The complaint purports to contain two causes of action. It is alleged in the first cause of action that in 1840 Joseph *62Sylva, then a resident of Philadelphia, died intestate on the high seas, leaving a widow, Sarah M. Sylva and their three minor children, two of whom are the plaintiffs ; that he left an estate consisting of certain personal property which by the laws of the state of Pennsylvania descended»one-third to the…