Lewis v. Bryce
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 182, Oct. T., 1897, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Nov. T., 1897, No. 332, on case stated.
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Appeal, No. 182, Oct. T., 1897, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Nov. T., 1897, No. 332, on case stated. Case stated to determine the marketable title to real estate-Before McClung, J. From the case stated it appeared that Ruth Roberts died on April 29, 1870, seized of certain land, leaving to survive her, her husband, George W. Roberts, and, inter alia, three daughters, namely, Susanna Ann, intermarried with John Redmond, now deceased; Mary Elizabeth, intermarried with Noah Pang-burn, and Sarah Jane, intermarried with Edward G. Lewis. Said Ruth Roberts left a last…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
The question presented by the case stated must be determined by the construction of the will of Ruth Roberts under which Sarah Jane Lewis, a daughter of the testatrix, claims to have a title in fee simple to an undivided one third of the land described therein. The claim is based on the fourth item of the will in which the testatrix devised said land, subject to her husband’s life estate in it, to her daughters Susanna Ann, Mary Elizabeth and Sarah Jane “ during their lives, to be equally divided between them under the condition that they shall hold the same…
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- Hays v. LeonardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Keating v. McAdooSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- MacConnell v. WrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
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- Scott v. BryanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
- Murray v. LowrieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904