Tenant v. Tenant
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Grreene county : Of October and November Term 1885, No. 170. Debt, by Abraham W. Tenant, administrator of the estate of William Tenant, deceased, against Peter Tenant and Nor-val Brown, to recover §130.82 with interest from July 26th, 1879, on a note under seal. Plea, nil dehet.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Grreene county : Of October and November Term 1885, No. 170. Debt, by Abraham W. Tenant, administrator of the estate of William Tenant, deceased, against Peter Tenant and Nor-val Brown, to recover §130.82 with interest from July 26th, 1879, on a note under seal. Plea, nil dehet. On the trial before Inghram, P. J., the following facts appeared: William Tenant, a citizen of the state .of West Virginia, died in Monongalia county in that state during the month of June, 1869. The plaintiff took out letters of administration upon his estate and had a public…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
The contract in suit in this case was in form a promissory note under seal for the payment of $130.52, dated Oct. 26th, 1869, pajmble at nine months from date. No place of payment is designated in the instrument, but it was given to A. W-Tenant, administrator, etc., of William Tenant, deceased, who was a resident of West Virginia at the time of his death, and the administrator was and is, also, a resident of the same state. The note was given in payment of certain articles purchased at administrator’s sale held in' West Virginia soon after the intestate’s death, and was delivered to the payee…
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