Pidcock ex rel. Closson v. Bye
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bucks county. This was an action of assumpsit brought by Joseph Pidcock for the use of Isaac Closson against John Bye, in which the plaintiff declared in effect: — That Benjamin Pidcock was seized in his demesne as of fee, of and in two messuages or tenements and tracts of land, containing one hundred and ninety-nine acres, situated in Solebury township in the county of Bucks; and being so seized, died intestate on the tenth of July,…
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APPEAL. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bucks county. This was an action of assumpsit brought by Joseph Pidcock for the use of Isaac Closson against John Bye, in which the plaintiff declared in effect: — That Benjamin Pidcock was seized in his demesne as of fee, of and in two messuages or tenements and tracts of land, containing one hundred and ninety-nine acres, situated in Solebury township in the county of Bucks; and being so seized, died intestate on the tenth of July, 1789 : That at an Orphan’s Court, held,. &c. on the sixth of May, 1800, Sarah Pidcock, the widow of the deceased, Joseph…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Huston, J.
The pleadings and evidence presented the following case. ' Benjamin Pidcoch died in 1789, seised of certain lands in Solebury township, Buchs county,, and leaving several children, and a widow. In 1800, the children of Benjamin Pidcoch proceeded according to law, to have the lands, late of Benjamin Pidcoch, divided, among them or appraised. They were appraised, and one of the tracts valued at nine hundred and eighty-two pounds, one shilling and four pence, was taken at the appraisement by Joseph Pidcoch, the oldest son, vrho gave bond and…
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