Barber v. Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. This was a certificate from the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit of questions on which it desired the instruction of this court, and, as originally made, was (omitting the words printed in brackets below) as follows : “ This was an action of ejectment, and comes before this court on a writ of error to the United States Circuit Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, which entered…
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CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. This was a certificate from the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit of questions on which it desired the instruction of this court, and, as originally made, was (omitting the words printed in brackets below) as follows : “ This was an action of ejectment, and comes before this court on a writ of error to the United States Circuit Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, which entered judgment for the defendants. “First. The.parties to the action both claimed title to the land in controversy under the will…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
The real question between the parties, upon which the decision of this case must turn, is what estate Amanda Stephens took under the will of James S.- Stevenson, by which he devised to her certain lots of land in Pittsburgh, and further provided as follows: “In the event of Amanda dying unmarried, or, if married, dying without offspring by her husband, then these lots are to be sold, and the proceeds to be divided equally among the heirs of John Barber.”
The testator duly published his will on October 16, 1831, and died on the same day, being fifty years old. At that date, John Barber was…
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