Rittenhouse v. Levering
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia. This was an action of assumpsit brought by Joseph Rittenhouse against Nicholas Rittenhouse and Jacob D. Rittenhouse, administrators of Martin Rittenhouse, deceased, the grandfather of the plaintiff, to recover a distributive share of the estate of the intestate.
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ERROR to the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia. This was an action of assumpsit brought by Joseph Rittenhouse against Nicholas Rittenhouse and Jacob D. Rittenhouse, administrators of Martin Rittenhouse, deceased, the grandfather of the plaintiff, to recover a distributive share of the estate of the intestate. It appeared that Martin died in 1829, leaving six children known to be alive and three grandchildren, one of whom was the plaintiff, the issue of a seventh child, Joseph, who was supposed to be dead. The plaintiff died pendente lite, and his administrator was…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was .delivered by
Rogers, J.
The declaration contains four counts; first, money had and received, and special counts claiming a distributive share of the personal estate and a distributive share arising from the real and personal estate. The monies arising from the real estate were not taken into the calculation of the jury, and a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff’s share in the personal estate only. The principal questions are raised by the charge on the Act of Limitations and the conclusiveness of the decree of the Orphan’s Court. On the 17th September 1792,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Bank of Pennsylvania v. PotiusSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1840
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