Chambers v. Union Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 306, Jan. T., 1911, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Bucks Co., May T., 1910, No. 6, for defendants on case stated in suit of Hannan H. B. Chambers et al., suing for themselves and the heirs of William Barnsley, deceased v. Union Trust Company of Pittsburg, Guardian of George T. Barnsley, Jr., a minor and Susa G. J. Barnsley. Ejectment for real estate in Warminster township. Case stated to determine title to real estate.
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Appeal, No. 306, Jan. T., 1911, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Bucks Co., May T., 1910, No. 6, for defendants on case stated in suit of Hannan H. B. Chambers et al., suing for themselves and the heirs of William Barnsley, deceased v. Union Trust Company of Pittsburg, Guardian of George T. Barnsley, Jr., a minor and Susa G. J. Barnsley. Ejectment for real estate in Warminster township. Case stated to determine title to real estate. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court in an opinion by Staples, P. J., specially presiding entered judgment for defendants on…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschziskeb,
The matter here for decision is the question of the ¡proper interpretation of the following provision contained in the will of Joseph Barnsley: “Item. I give and devise my farm (devised by my father to me) to my nephew, Joseph Barnsley and to his children; but in case he should die without legal issue, then it is to go to the heirs of my father, as directed by the intestate laws of Pennsylvania; subject, nevertheless, to the yearly payment of one hundred dollars to my sister, Mary Ann Barnsley, during her life.”
The testator died January 12, 1888. Mary Ann…
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