Jones v. Caldwell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1880, No. 330. Case stated, in the nature of a special verdict, filed by agreement of the parties, wherein Israel C. Caldwell was plaintiff and Thomas C. Jones defendant, setting forth the following facts:— Michael Andress, late of the city of Philadelphia, died June 28th 1865, seised in fee simple of, inter alia, a house and lot of ground situate on the south side of Noble street, No. 139, in…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1880, No. 330. Case stated, in the nature of a special verdict, filed by agreement of the parties, wherein Israel C. Caldwell was plaintiff and Thomas C. Jones defendant, setting forth the following facts:— Michael Andress, late of the city of Philadelphia, died June 28th 1865, seised in fee simple of, inter alia, a house and lot of ground situate on the south side of Noble street, No. 139, in the city of Philadelphia. He left to survive him his widow, Sophia Andress, five sons and three daughters, among whom…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
The portion of the will of Michael Andress which is the subject of the present contention is as follows: “After my own and my wife’s decease, it is my will that my executor shall dispose of all my property, real, personal and mixed, without application to the Orphans’ Court; and I hereby authorize my said executor to make legal deeds to suit purchasers of any of my real estate, provided, nevertheless, that they shall publish in two daily newspapers one month, daily, showing the time and place where the same is to be disposed of, -which shall be at public auction; but my executor shall not be…
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