M'Fadden v. Geddis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Arpeal from the Circuit Court of Lebanon county, held before the Chief Justice. *The suit was brought by Sawyer M'Fadden against .jRobert Geddis, late executor of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of John Sawyer, deceased, and a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Huston, J.
The plaintiff’s statement set out, that Sawyer M‘Fadden sues to recover a debt in the following manner: — Th.at John Sawyer, on the 22d of August, 1813, died intestate, leaving a widow and seven children, (naming them,) and the plaintiff] the only child of a deceased daughter, whereby he became entitled to one-eighth of two-thirds of personal estate: That a paper writing, dated the-3d of July, 1804, purporting to. be the last will of John Sawyer, received probate on the 16th of September, 1813, and letters testamentary issued to Robert…
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