Heise v. Heise
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Lancaster county. This was an ejectment by Samuel B. Heise, the.eldest son, and one of the heirs at law, of Patience Heise, deceased, against Henry Heise and Greorge W. Heise, the devisees of the said Patience Heise, for one-sixth part of a tract of 155 acres of land in West Hempfield township. The only question raised was, as to the validity of the will of Patience Heise, by which the tract in question was devised to the defendants below.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Lancaster county. This was an ejectment by Samuel B. Heise, the.eldest son, and one of the heirs at law, of Patience Heise, deceased, against Henry Heise and Greorge W. Heise, the devisees of the said Patience Heise, for one-sixth part of a tract of 155 acres of land in West Hempfield township. The only question raised was, as to the validity of the will of Patience Heise, by which the tract in question was devised to the defendants below. On the 7th July 1852, Patience Heise executed her will in due form. She placed it, for preservation, in the hands of Joseph W.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Strong, J.
The case of the defendants in the court below rests upon the validity of an alleged will of Patience Heise. On the 7th of July 1852, she executed the instrument by signing the same at what was then the end of it, and at her request it was attested by two witnesses. It made a disposition of her entire personal as well as real estate. After the signature and attestation, it was committed to the hands of Joseph W. Cottrell for preservation. A year or two afterwards, she obtained the paper, and added immediately below her signature, some small…
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