Evans v. Knorr

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kennedy, J.

This is a case stated for the opinion of this court, from which it appears, that Thomas JVorian, by his will dated the 9th of January, 1821, inter alia, devised as follows: “ I give and devise unto my friend George Knorr, my executor hereinafter named, and to his heirs and assigns, my tract of land situate on the Susquehanna, containing four hundred acres or thereabouts, which I purchased of William Savery Evans, with the appurtenances; also, all the goods and chattels assigned to me by the said William Savery Evans, to hold to him the said…