Pierce v. Livingston
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1875, No 117. This was an action brought February 26th 1874, by William Livingston, administrator, d. h. n. c. t. a., of George Sickman, Sr., deceased, against Joseph Peirce, administrator, &c., of George Sickman, Jr., deceased.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1875, No 117. This was an action brought February 26th 1874, by William Livingston, administrator, d. h. n. c. t. a., of George Sickman, Sr., deceased, against Joseph Peirce, administrator, &c., of George Sickman, Jr., deceased. The question in the case arose under the will of George Sickman, Sr., who died in 1852; the will was proved February 7th 1852 ; and on the same day letters testamentary were granted to George Sickman, Jr., the sole executor named in it. He bequeathed a number of chattels to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sharswood
This was an action on the case, by the administrator de bonis non cum-testamento annexo of George Sickman,' Sr., against the administrator of George Sickman, Jr., to recover a sum of $1250, directed by the will of George Sickman, Sr., to be paid by his son and devisee of his real estate, George Sickman, Jr., to his executor in trust, for certain purposes. The plaintiff below claimed to recover this sum of money, as the representative and successor of the executor of George Sickman, Sr., to whom it was to be paid. The only question on the record is upon the reserved point, whether the court…
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