Lyle v. Richards
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
CASE STATED. Covenant by James Lyle, Joseph R. Ingersoll, Edward Ellice, and Thomas B. Barclay, assignees of Francis L. O’Bierne and Rebecca', his wife, James Lyle, John B. Newman and William H Tod, assignees of Henry Beckett and Mary, his wife.
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CASE STATED. Covenant by James Lyle, Joseph R. Ingersoll, Edward Ellice, and Thomas B. Barclay, assignees of Francis L. O’Bierne and Rebecca', his wife, James Lyle, John B. Newman and William H Tod, assignees of Henry Beckett and Mary, his wife. Joseph R. Ingersoll and William Rawle, Jr. assignees of Hartman Kuhn and Ellen, his wife, and Andrew Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton and Mary Hamilton, the said Andrew in his own right, and together with the said Margaret, Mary, Rebecca O’Beirne, Mary Beckett, and Ellen Kuhn, being heirs and assignees of James Hamilton, deceased, plaintiffs, against…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Tilghman, C. J.
James Hamilton, the elder, being seised in fee, of the land which-is the subject of this suit, devised it to his nephew, William Hamilton, for life, remainder to the first son of the said William, for life, remainder to that first and every other son and sons of the said first son of the said William, successively, according to priority of birth, in tail male, remainder to the second son of the said William Hamilton, for life, remainder to the first and every other son and sons of the said second son in tail male as aforesaid, remainder…
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