App v. Dreisbach
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
On the return of a writ of error, by which the record of this case was removed from the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton county, it appeared, that Henry Driesbach, the defendant in error, brought an .action of assumpsit against Frederick App and Ludwig Kleppinger, executors of Michael App, deceased, for the share alleged to be due to him as one of the residuary legatees of the said Michael App.
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On the return of a writ of error, by which the record of this case was removed from the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton county, it appeared, that Henry Driesbach, the defendant in error, brought an .action of assumpsit against Frederick App and Ludwig Kleppinger, executors of Michael App, deceased, for the share alleged to be due to him as one of the residuary legatees of the said Michael App. The declaration contained two counts, the first of which, set forth in substance, that the said Michael App, on the 2.5th of March, 1808, made his will; by which, among other things, he directed,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Huston, L
—This was a suit by Henry Dreisbach, a son-in-law of *300Michael App, against Frederic App and Ludwig Kleppinger, executors of said Michael, under the following circumstances:
The will of Michael App was proved 5th August, 1809; it contained, among other things, this clause: “I have sold to my son, Frederick App, a piece of land situate in Lehigh township, as per agreement made and executed the 18th November, '1780, for the sum of three hundred pounds. One hundred pounds have been paid to me by my son. The other two hundred pounds shall be settled…
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