Parr v. Bankhart
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Westmoreland county. This was an action of ejectment in the names of Jacob Bank-hart and Rosanah his -wife, for the use of said Rosanah; Robert S. Robinson, Isaac M. Robinson by his committee John Larimer, Sarah Robinson, Rebecca Robinson, John W. Robinson and Matthew Robinson, George Plumer, Jesse Grier and Jane his wife, for the use of said Jane; Jesse Sill and Elizabeth his wife, for the use of said Elizabeth; Abraham Gray and Ruth his wife,…
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Error to the Common Pleas of Westmoreland county. This was an action of ejectment in the names of Jacob Bank-hart and Rosanah his -wife, for the use of said Rosanah; Robert S. Robinson, Isaac M. Robinson by his committee John Larimer, Sarah Robinson, Rebecca Robinson, John W. Robinson and Matthew Robinson, George Plumer, Jesse Grier and Jane his wife, for the use of said Jane; Jesse Sill and Elizabeth his wife, for the use of said Elizabeth; Abraham Gray and Ruth his wife, for the use of said Ruth, v. James B. Parr. A case was stated in the nature of a special verdict, for the opinion of the…
1Opinion of the Court
*297The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Woodward, J.
We have carefully considered the objections urged against the opinion of Judge Agnew, and they have failed to convince us that he fell into any error.
The principle very successfully asserted in Bevan v. Taylor, 7 Ser. & R. 397, is fully incorporated into our Intestate Act of 1833, and rules the present question. The 7th section of the Act admits the next of kin to the inheritance in default of the classes and persons previously described, but its words are limited by the second proviso, to such next of kin as are of the blood of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Case of Hartman's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1833
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