Tiernan v. Roland & Blackstone
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal to the Supreme Court in Equity, from the NisiPrius. A hill of Francis Tiernan and Peter Shoenberger, of the city of Pittsburgh, dated 22d September, 1845, was filed against Henry Roland, of the county of Lancaster, and Thomas Blackstone, of the city of Philadelphia, executors and devisees in trust under the will of Catharine Yohe, formerly of Philadelphia, deceased, and Henry M. Watts, of the city of Philadelphia.
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Appeal to the Supreme Court in Equity, from the NisiPrius. A hill of Francis Tiernan and Peter Shoenberger, of the city of Pittsburgh, dated 22d September, 1845, was filed against Henry Roland, of the county of Lancaster, and Thomas Blackstone, of the city of Philadelphia, executors and devisees in trust under the will of Catharine Yohe, formerly of Philadelphia, deceased, and Henry M. Watts, of the city of Philadelphia. The bill prayed for specific performance, on the part of Roland and Blackstone, of an article of agreement, dated 9th December, 1839, between Peter Shoenberger and Francis…
1Per curiam
Decree affirmed on the opinion delivered at Nisi Prius.
It was decreed as follows:—And now, to wit, 7th April, 1851, this cause came on for hearing on the record and proceedings of our court sitting in equity, at Nisi Prius. Upon consideration thereof, and that it appearing that since the decree of said court, made the 29th April, 1849, to wit, on the 7th September, 1849, the said Thomas Blaekstone, surviving Henry Roland, executor of the said Catharine Yohe, deceased, was dismissed and discharged, by the Orphans’ Court of the county of Philadelphia, as executor of the will of the said…
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