Manners v. Philadelphia Library Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from tbe Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Philadelphia county: Of July Term 1878, No. 7. In Equity. Robert Manners filed this bill in equity against Henry J. Williams and “ The Philadelphia Library Company,” contesting the validity of certain alleged trusts and alleged devises in papers, called tbe will and codicils of Hr. James Rush, deceased. Tbe bill was filed by an heir-at-law and next of kin of .Dr.
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Appeal from tbe Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Philadelphia county: Of July Term 1878, No. 7. In Equity. Robert Manners filed this bill in equity against Henry J. Williams and “ The Philadelphia Library Company,” contesting the validity of certain alleged trusts and alleged devises in papers, called tbe will and codicils of Hr. James Rush, deceased. Tbe bill was filed by an heir-at-law and next of kin of .Dr. James Rush, deceased, and asked that tbe title to the estate of tbe said James Rush be decreed to be in the complainant, as to bis share under tbe intestate laws; because, 1. The rule…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
This was a hill in equity filed in the court below by Robert Manners, of London, one of the heirs-at-law of Dr. James Rush, deceased, against Henry J. Williams and The Library Company of Philadelphia. ■ Subsequently Elizabeth Murray Rush, a daughter of James Murray Rush, deceased, and a grand-niece of the said James Rush, upon application to the court below, was allowed to become a party plaintiff. The defendant Williams was the executor of the last will and testament of Dr. Rush, and the defendant corporation was the residuary legatee under his will, and the recipient of nearly the whole of…
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