Commonwealth ex rel. Huston v. Mateer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL. Scire facias, at the suit of the commonwealth, for the use of Samuel Huston, and John Clendennin, administrators with the will annexed of John Huston, deceased, against Jlndrew Mateer, John Creigh, and Benjamin Jlnderson, and James Graham, executors of Henry Quigley, deceased. The cause was tried before the Chief Justice, at a Circuit Court for Cumberland county, and a verdict and judgment were rendered for the plaintiffs. The defendants now appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
This is an appeal from the decision of Chief Justice Gibson, at a Circuit Court, for the county of Cumberland..
*417John Huston, on the 17th of May, 1808, made his last will ' and testament, and gave legacies to his natural children, and made Samuel Huston, his brother, Isabella Háleles, and Samuel Huston, jr., his nephew, residuary legatees. ¿«Che validity of this will being denied, an issue devisavit^fál ncai&ms directed to the next term, 1811, No. 16, betweej^^mdn^^fulen, and Jonathan, Huston, On the trial of the isjaS&CffilBl» and Mateer…
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