Wells v. Ritter
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
An action was brought in this Court to July term, 1837, by John Wells, to the use of Samuel A. Price, and others, his assignees, against William Ritter; and by agreement of the counsel, a case was stated for the opinion of the Court, as follows:— “Eli Yarnall, of the county of Delaware, in the state of Pennsylvania, by his last will, dated the 27th day of August, A. D. 1812, after declaring his intention to dispose of his worldly estate, devised as follows:— ‘I give and…
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An action was brought in this Court to July term, 1837, by John Wells, to the use of Samuel A. Price, and others, his assignees, against William Ritter; and by agreement of the counsel, a case was stated for the opinion of the Court, as follows:— “Eli Yarnall, of the county of Delaware, in the state of Pennsylvania, by his last will, dated the 27th day of August, A. D. 1812, after declaring his intention to dispose of his worldly estate, devised as follows:— ‘I give and devise to my well beloved wife Alice Yarnall, all my estate situate in the township of Edgmont, for and during her natural…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
The question to be determined here is, whether under the will of Eli Yarnall, and the conveyance from Walker Yarnall, the brother of the testator mentioned in the will, and the children of the testator’s sister Sarah, also mentioned therein, to the plaintiff, he has become invested with a good title in fee to the estate mentioned in, and disposed of by the will. The case has been very well argued by the counsel on both sides; and in such a way as to relieve the Court in a great measure fr°m labour, that *otherwise must have been en-countered…
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