Chess's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1878, No. 267. Appeal of William Chess from the decree of the court distributing the fund in the hands of John Hickman, administrator d. b. n. c. t. a. of the estate of Moses Middleswarth, deceased.
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Appeal from the Orphans’ Court of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1878, No. 267. Appeal of William Chess from the decree of the court distributing the fund in the hands of John Hickman, administrator d. b. n. c. t. a. of the estate of Moses Middleswarth, deceased. Moses Middleswarth died in 1842, leaving a will, wherein he devised certain real estate to his son Jonathan, directing that in case his said son should die without leaving any legitimate issue, that the land should be sold, and after paying certain legacies the balance should be equally divided amongst all his…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sharswood
Moses Middleswarth by his last will devised certain real estate to his son Jonathan, directing that in case his said son should die without leaving any legitimate issue, the land should be sold, and after paying certain legacies, the balance remaining to be equally divided amongst all his legitimate grandchildren, born or to be born, share and share alike. The question which is presented for decision upon this appeal is whether the interest thus given to his grandchildren was transmissible to their representatives on their death before the period when the division was to take place.
No doubt…
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