Lessee of Findlay v. Riddle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS came before the court by appeal from the decision of the Chief Justice at a Circuit Court for Franklin county in June 1807. The lessors of the plaintiff who were the children of John Findlay the younger, deceased, claimed the premises in the ejectment under the following devise in the will of their grandfather John Findlay the elder, who, it was admitted by both sides, died seised in October 1783. “ I give and bequeath to my son John Findlay, all that “ plantation and…
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THIS came before the court by appeal from the decision of the Chief Justice at a Circuit Court for Franklin county in June 1807. The lessors of the plaintiff who were the children of John Findlay the younger, deceased, claimed the premises in the ejectment under the following devise in the will of their grandfather John Findlay the elder, who, it was admitted by both sides, died seised in October 1783. “ I give and bequeath to my son John Findlay, all that “ plantation and tract of land whereon I now dwell, situate in “ Letterkenney township and county of Cumberland, bounded A devise to A…
1Opinion of the Court
Yrates J.
The present cause is an appeal from the decision of the Chief Justice, in overruling a motion for anew trial after a verdict found for the plaintiff.
The question rests on the true construction of the will of John Findlay senior, dated 9th August 1783, which was duly proved on the 24th October following. The words are as follow: “ I give and bequeath to my son John Findlay, all u that plantation and tract of land whereon I now dwell, <£ situated &c., with the appurtenances, to hold to him the £‘ said John Findlay, during his natural life; and after my said u son’s decease, if he shall…
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