Watson v. Watson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Northumberland county. Mary Watson against David and John Watson, executors of John Watson deceased. - This was an- action for a legacy brought for the purpose of determining the character of charges contained in the book of the testator against his children, and how they were to be estimated in the final settlement of the estate. The case is so minutely stated in the opinion of the court, as not to require repetition.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Huston, J.
This case arose on a dispute between Mary, a daughter and legatee of John Watson, and the executors of his will.
It may be right to state, that the counsel of the executors stated distinctly, that this suit was brought, because of some difficulty and difference of opinion among the legatees as to what was due each under the will, and that they, the executors, were willing to pay in any manner which should be decided to be right.
John Watson made his will in 1814, it was proved on the 7th of January 1815. The parts of it material in this case…
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