Vansant v. Boileau
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. ERROR to the common pleas of Bucks. The case below was a feigned issue from the register’s court, to try the validity of a paper purporting to be the last will of Nicholas Vansant; and the defendants in error, who were the executors named in that paper, were the plaintiffs in the issue. Upon the trial, Mr. Boileau was offered as a witness to support the will, and was objected to for various reasons; but the material one was his liability for costs.
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In Error. ERROR to the common pleas of Bucks. The case below was a feigned issue from the register’s court, to try the validity of a paper purporting to be the last will of Nicholas Vansant; and the defendants in error, who were the executors named in that paper, were the plaintiffs in the issue. Upon the trial, Mr. Boileau was offered as a witness to support the will, and was objected to for various reasons; but the material one was his liability for costs. The court overruled the objection, and sealed a bill of exceptions; and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs, sixpence damages,…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This case comes before us on a motion to quash the writ of error by virtue of which the record was removed from the court of common pleas of Blocks county. An issue had been directed to that court, by the register’s court of Bucks county, to try the validity of a writing set up as the last will of Nicholas Vansant deceased. The court of common pleas, .according to the usual course of proceeding in such cases, *448caused an action to be entered, a declaration to be filed, and an "issue joined. A verdict was found for the plaintiffs, in which damages and costs were assessed, and…
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