Letchworth's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from tbe Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia. This was an appeal by Rachel K. Letchworth and Mary Knight, from the decree of the Orphans’ Court, distributing the estate of Jonathan P. Knight, deceased, in the hands of his executors. The testator, Jonathan P. Knight, died in 1841, leaving him surviving, a widow, Alice, and three daughters, namely, Anna, Rachel, and Mary.
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Appeal from tbe Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia. This was an appeal by Rachel K. Letchworth and Mary Knight, from the decree of the Orphans’ Court, distributing the estate of Jonathan P. Knight, deceased, in the hands of his executors. The testator, Jonathan P. Knight, died in 1841, leaving him surviving, a widow, Alice, and three daughters, namely, Anna, Rachel, and Mary. His will was duly admitted to probate, and letters testamentary were issued thereupon to William Kinsey and William Hilles, the executors named therein. The widow died in 1844, leaving her surviving the three daughters.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Lowrie, C. J.
— Every judicial decision is the result of a process of interpretation of one or more transactions between cor*178relative parties, in which the relevant acts, declarations, and writings of the parties are interpreted in the light of the laws and customs of the country, and of the principles of human nature. When parties mutually define their relations by writing, this process is usually a very simple one to those who have a reasonable skill in language, if the writing is well expressed. But with wills it is far otherwise, especially when…
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