Brown v. Furer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. WRIT of error to the Court of Common Pleas Dauphin county. of Xn the Court below it was an action of debt brought to May Term, 180/, by Agnes Furer, executrix and residuary legatee of Agnes Brown9 to recover a legacy of one hundred pounds bequeathed by one Daniel Brown, to her and charged upon a tract of land, of - which one of the defendants was devisee and the rest terre-tenants.
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In Error. WRIT of error to the Court of Common Pleas Dauphin county. of Xn the Court below it was an action of debt brought to May Term, 180/, by Agnes Furer, executrix and residuary legatee of Agnes Brown9 to recover a legacy of one hundred pounds bequeathed by one Daniel Brown, to her and charged upon a tract of land, of - which one of the defendants was devisee and the rest terre-tenants. The declaration set forth, that Daniel Brown being seised of a certain tract of land, (describing it,) on the 15th day of January, 1/80, made his testament and last will, by which he devised the said…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Tilghman C. J.
Daniel Brown deceased, devised a tract of land of which he died seised, to his son John Brown, one of the defendants in fee, charged with a legacy of 100/. bequeathed by the testator to his wife Agnes, who died without having received the said legacy, having made her last will and testament, and constituted Agnes Purer, the plaintiff, the *216executrix thereof. John Brown, after the death of his father Daniel, entered into the land devised to him, and conveyed the same to Peter Ebersole deceased. Peter Ebersole died sejse(j Gf the saj¿…
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