Inglis ex rel. Reede v. Inglis's Executors
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
THIS was an action of debt, to recover a legacy of £150, which Samuel Inglis had bequeathed to his brother George Inglis, the nominal Plaintiff, by his last will and testament, bearing date the 12th of August 1781. The defendants pleaded 1st. Payment; 2d. Nil debent.
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THIS was an action of debt, to recover a legacy of £150, which Samuel Inglis had bequeathed to his brother George Inglis, the nominal Plaintiff, by his last will and testament, bearing date the 12th of August 1781. The defendants pleaded 1st. Payment; 2d. Nil debent. The circumstances of the case were these: The testator died in the beginning of Sept. 1783; and George Inglis, being in an embarrassed situation, obtained a friendly loan from Mr. Coxe, of 100 dollars, and assigned his legacy under his brother’s will to that gentleman on the 5th of April 1784, in trust, that Mr. Coxe should…
1Opinion of the Court
The PRESIDENT, having recapitulated the evidence as stated in the commencement of this report, proceeded, in delivering the following charge to the jury.
SHIPPEN, President
—The action brought to recover the legacy in question, turns, in reality, upon a dispute between Reede & Forde (who have a right to use the legatee’s name on the occasion) upon the one hand, and Willing & Morris, upon the other. The assignees of the nominal plaintiff have produced a regular transfer of the legacy, and are unquestionably entitled to a favourable verdict, unless their claim is satisfactorily repelled by any…
2Cited by1 opinion
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