Wynn v. Brooke
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was a writ .of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Chester county, in an amicable action of debt instituted by John Wynn, administrator of Jonathan Wynn, deceased, against Clement Brooke, James Johnson and Margaret Painter.
1Opinion of the CourtRogers, J.
This was an amicable action of debt in which a case was stated in the nature of a special verdict, and appears to have been this.
In the year 1806, the real estate of Ezekiel Thomas, deceased, was upon a valuation adjudged by the Orphans’ Court of Chester county, to his son William, Thomas, whereupon he with William Vanleer and Jonathan Wynn as his sureties, entered into bonds for the respective shares of the other children of Ezekiel Thomas, deceased, and amongst the rest one to Elizabeth Thomas, afterwards Elizabeth Mervin, in the penal sum of three hundred and five pounds thirteen shillings…
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