Neide v. Neide
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was an ejectment for land, in Delaware county, brought by Joseph JVeide against Jacob JVeide. On the trial of the cause in the Circuit Court of that county, the following case, in the nature of a special verdict, was stated for the opinion of the court:— “ Joseph JVeide, the elder, being seized of the premises mentioned in the declaration, (about twenty-eight acres eighty-eight perches,) duly executed his last will and testament, written by his own hand, on the 19th day…
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This was an ejectment for land, in Delaware county, brought by Joseph JVeide against Jacob JVeide. On the trial of the cause in the Circuit Court of that county, the following case, in the nature of a special verdict, was stated for the opinion of the court:— “ Joseph JVeide, the elder, being seized of the premises mentioned in the declaration, (about twenty-eight acres eighty-eight perches,) duly executed his last will and testament, written by his own hand, on the 19th day of May, 1796, which was duly proved and recorded on the 29th of December, 1798, (prout the said will as follows:) “ In…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Huston, J.
Joseph JVeide, the grandfather of the plaintiff and father of the defendant, made his will,-written by himself on the 19th day of May, 1796, which was proved on the 29th day of December, 1798; he was a farmer, and not learned, as appears by the spelling, which is very incorrect. After a short preamble, it contains as follows: — “ Principally, and first of all, I give and bequeath to my eldest son, John Neide, my late pnirches, from Elizebeth Claxon, as also, four akres of woodland, being a-corner laying between the Bristo field and…
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