Wright v. Laird
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 41, Oct. T., 1920, by plaintiffs, from judgment of O. P. Washington Co., Aug. T., 1919,-No. 51, for defendants on case-stated, in suit of Samuel A. Wright et al. v. Eliza Laird et al. Case-stated in ejectment for land in Hanover Township. Before Brownson, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court entered judgment for defendant on case- , stated. Plaintiffs appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was judgment, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
Samuel Wright died in 1862, and by the second clause of his will provided as follows: “I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Sarah the farm on which I now live with all the rights and titles thereunto during her natural life including all the household and kitchen furniture, and after her decease the said farm is to fall into the hands of my two sons, Jonathan and David Wright. My son Jonathan is to have the side of said farm the side which he now lives on by paying the one half of the several sums hereinafter mentioned, with all the rights and titles belonging thereunto. My son…
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