Hope v. Marshall
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette county: Of October and November Term 1880, No. 279. Scire facias by Joseph R. Marshall, administrator of Robert F. Fuller, deceased, against William H. Hope, administrator of E. G. Roddy, deceased; Lydia J. Roddy, widow of said E. G. Roddy, and Mary E., Ewing B., Josephine S., Lydia G. and Martha G. Roddy, children of E. G. Roddy, deceased.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette county: Of October and November Term 1880, No. 279. Scire facias by Joseph R. Marshall, administrator of Robert F. Fuller, deceased, against William H. Hope, administrator of E. G. Roddy, deceased; Lydia J. Roddy, widow of said E. G. Roddy, and Mary E., Ewing B., Josephine S., Lydia G. and Martha G. Roddy, children of E. G. Roddy, deceased. Edward G. Roddy died on the 12th of June 1867, leaving surviving him the defendants, widow and children, and indebted to Robert F. Fuller, in about the sum of $500. Letters of administration were granted on his…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
This contention is as to the length of time after the decease of a debtor his debts shall continue a lien on his lands in the hands of his widow and heirs,, without an action therefor having been commenced against them,when the debts were not secured by mortgage or judgment in the lifetime of the debtor.
Under the Act of 4th April 1797 they continued a lien for seven years after the decease of the debtor, although no action was commenced therefor nor any copy of the claim filed in the office of the prothonotary of the-county where the land was situated. If within the seven years judgment was…
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