Miller v. Miller
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 122, Oct. Term, 1897, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny County, April Term, 1897, No. 556, on verdict for defendants. Issue devisavit vel non. Before White, P. J. The facts appear by the report of the case in 179 Pa. 645, and by the opinion of the Supreme Court, infra. Verdict and judgment for defendants. Plaintiffs appealed. Errors assigned appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 122, Oct. Term, 1897, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny County, April Term, 1897, No. 556, on verdict for defendants. Issue devisavit vel non. Before White, P. J. The facts appear by the report of the case in 179 Pa. 645, and by the opinion of the Supreme Court, infra. Verdict and judgment for defendants. Plaintiffs appealed. Errors assigned appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The .evidence introduced by the defendants to impeach the general reputation for truth of plaintiffs’ witness, B. F. Young, was improperly received: People v. Abbot, 19 Wend. (N. Y.)…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
For the history of the contention between these parties, it is only necessary to refer to the former appeal, reported in 179 Pa. 645. Cumulative evidence to that adduced in that issue has on this trial in the common pleas been presented by both sides with no other effect perhaps, than to make the dispute more certainly one of fact to be determined by a jury. The evidence was formally submitted to the jury who found for defendants, those claiming under the will. We now have this appeal with thirty-two specifications of error. In discussing them we will follow the…
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