Estate of Tilghman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL. This was an appeal by Benjamin Chew, Jr., Esq., from a decree of the Orphans’ Court for the county of Philadelphia, in the matter of the settlement of the accounts of Edward Shippen Burd, executor of the will of William Tilghman, Esq., deceased. The appellant’s deceased wife, Elizabeth Margaret Chew, was the only child of the testator and of his deceased wife, Mrs. Margaret Tilghman, who was one of the daughters of James Allen, son of William Allen.
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APPEAL. This was an appeal by Benjamin Chew, Jr., Esq., from a decree of the Orphans’ Court for the county of Philadelphia, in the matter of the settlement of the accounts of Edward Shippen Burd, executor of the will of William Tilghman, Esq., deceased. The appellant’s deceased wife, Elizabeth Margaret Chew, was the only child of the testator and of his deceased wife, Mrs. Margaret Tilghman, who was one of the daughters of James Allen, son of William Allen. Before 1765, this William Allen was proprietor of three thousand three hundred and seventy acres of land in Northampton county. In or…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant,, J.
The first question which has been argued in this case is, the proper construction and effect to be given to the contract of July 10th, 1818, upon which the claim of the appellant to render the estate of William Tilghman liable, altogether depends. This point has been so carefully examined by the judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for this district, in the case of Tilghman and Wife v. Tilghman’s Executors, reported 1 Baldw. 464, that it is unnecessary to do more than refer to the reasons there given, as we concur entirely in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Tilghman v. TilghmanU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania · 1832
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