Whiteside v. Whiteside
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Chester county. This was an action of assumpsit by Robert Whiteside et al., as executors of the will of Robert Whiteside, deceased, v. Samuel Whiteside, executor of the will of Samuel Whiteside, deceased. It was brought to recover a legacy. In 1812 Cochran Whiteside, a brother of Samuel Whiteside, deceased, died in Westmoreland county, unmarried and without issue.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Chester county. This was an action of assumpsit by Robert Whiteside et al., as executors of the will of Robert Whiteside, deceased, v. Samuel Whiteside, executor of the will of Samuel Whiteside, deceased. It was brought to recover a legacy. In 1812 Cochran Whiteside, a brother of Samuel Whiteside, deceased, died in Westmoreland county, unmarried and without issue. Samuel Backhouse received letters of administration, and filed an inventory amounting to $1026.72. Afterwards, in pursuance of his petition, the letters issued to him were re'voked, and on the 18th…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Black, C. J.
Cochran Whiteside, of Westmoreland county, died in 1812 unmarried and without issue, but leaving brothers and sisters. Letters of administration were taken out by one Backhouse, who filed an inventory of personal goods amounting to $1026.72, of which $154.13J was cash. In April, 1813, Back-house was discharged, and Samuel Whiteside, of Chester county, a brother of the decedent, was appointed administrator de bonis non. No administration account was ever filed. In 1840 Samuel White-side died, having made a will containing the following…
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