Hall v. Boyd
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In error from the Common Pleas of Northumberland county. July 19. In 1813 Wilson made his will, devising his estate among his widow and children, and empowering his executors to sell his real estate'for payment of debts.
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In error from the Common Pleas of Northumberland county. July 19. In 1813 Wilson made his will, devising his estate among his widow and children, and empowering his executors to sell his real estate'for payment of debts. His executors were Mary Wilson his widow, and James Boyd, both of whom joined in the probate in 1814. Some time in 1815, as it appeared, Boyd, one of the executors, signed a settlement of his testator’s accounts with Hall, executor of Hall, in which a balance was admitted to be due to Hall’s estate of $1390. This account was composed of several items, among which was a bond…
1Opinion of the CourtCoulter, J.
This cause exhibits a succession of errors, differing only in intensity from the beginning to the end. One of them, however, pervades the whole process, and, being radical and fatal, saves the labour of noticing the rest. William Wilson died before the 25th of May, 1814, his will being admitted to probate on that day. On the 28th of December, 1831, John Boyd, one of his exceptors, confessed a judgment to Robert C. Hall, acting executor of Charles Hall, deceased, for $2756 02. At that time the other executor, to wit, Mai’y, the widow of the testator, was in full life and one of the acting…
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