Guthrie v. Kerr
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Qlarion county: Of October and November Term 1877, No. 3. Debt by Rebecca Kerr, formerly Guthrie, against James W. Guthrie, for a legacy under the provisions of an alleged will of her father, Alexander Guthrie, Sr. The defendant pleaded nil debet, payment with leave, &c. The case is stated fully in the opinion of this court. The verdict was for the plaintiff.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Qlarion county: Of October and November Term 1877, No. 3. Debt by Rebecca Kerr, formerly Guthrie, against James W. Guthrie, for a legacy under the provisions of an alleged will of her father, Alexander Guthrie, Sr. The defendant pleaded nil debet, payment with leave, &c. The case is stated fully in the opinion of this court. The verdict was for the plaintiff. The defendant assigned for error, inter alia, the admission in evidence by the court, Jenks, P. J., of the paper purporting to be the last will of Alexander Guthrie, Sr., and the entry of judgment…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodward
Articles of agreement between Alexander Guthrie, senior, and *305James W. Guthrie, the defendant below, were executed on the 26th of January 1844, in which the terms of a former agreement made between the same parties on the 16th of May 1840, were recited, explained and construed. Alexander Guthrie, senior, transferred to the defendant, who was his son, all his real and personal estate, except certain household furniture and cattle then in the possession of himself, his daughter Rebecca, and his son Isaiah. In the first agreement, the consideration was stated to be $5750, and the further sum of…
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