Patterson v. Nichol
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Allegheny county. This was an action on the case by Thomas Nichol and Sarah, his wife, against John Patterson and William Patterson, administrators of Robert Patterson, to recover the distributive share of the plaintiff in the estate of her father.
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ERROR to the common pleas of Allegheny county. This was an action on the case by Thomas Nichol and Sarah, his wife, against John Patterson and William Patterson, administrators of Robert Patterson, to recover the distributive share of the plaintiff in the estate of her father. The testimony given in the cause was voluminous, but the only questions of any importance which it gave rise to, were, first, whether the act of limitations was an available defence in an action to recover a distributive share of an intestate’s estate? Secondly, whether a plaintiff in such action, was entitled to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
The first error assigned, presents the question whether the statute of limitations is a bar to the recovery of a distributive share of the personal estate of an intestate, where six years from the time when the distributee might first have demanded the same from the administrators of the intestate, have run before the institution of the action. The decision of this court, and the *380principles laid down in Thompson v. M’Gaw, 4 Watts 161, and recognized again in Doebler v. Snavely, 5 Watts 225, settle this question. There it was held that the…
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- Doebler v. SnavelySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1836
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