Horwitz v. Norris
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certificate from the Court at Nisi Prius. This was a proceeding in equity, founded on a bill filed by Mrs. Horwitz, Miss Elizabeth Norris, Mrs. Fisher, and Mrs. Brown, four of the five children of Joseph Norris the (second), deceased, who with their brother Joseph were the only children left by deceased at his death; against Charles Norris, Samuel Norris, and Isaac Norris, executors and trustees of the will of Joseph P. Norris (the first), Isaac Norris and Joseph P. Norris…
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Certificate from the Court at Nisi Prius. This was a proceeding in equity, founded on a bill filed by Mrs. Horwitz, Miss Elizabeth Norris, Mrs. Fisher, and Mrs. Brown, four of the five children of Joseph Norris the (second), deceased, who with their brother Joseph were the only children left by deceased at his death; against Charles Norris, Samuel Norris, and Isaac Norris, executors and trustees of the will of Joseph P. Norris (the first), Isaac Norris and Joseph P. Norris (the third), trustees and executors of the will of Joseph P. Norris (the second), and Caroline Norris, widow of Joseph P.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Strong, J.
The complainants are four of the five children of Joseph Parker Norris, second, deceased, and-they with their brother Joseph are the only children which the decedent left at his death. There was no issue of any deceased child. The leading question presented by the case is what estate, if any, they took in the one-sixth part of the Fair Hill lands, under the .will of their grandfather, Joseph Parker Norris, Sr. Under the will of their father they took nothing, for he had nothing to devise, and his will was but an attempted execution of a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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