Reinoehl v. Shirk
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OF LEBANON COUNTY. No. 240 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 25 September Term 1887, C. P. On June 25, 1887, William S. Shirk and Mary S. Bodenhorn with her husband J. J. Bodenhorn, brought assumpsit against John Reinoehl.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OF LEBANON COUNTY. No. 240 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 25 September Term 1887, C. P. On June 25, 1887, William S. Shirk and Mary S. Bodenhorn with her husband J. J. Bodenhorn, brought assumpsit against John Reinoehl. A case stated for the opinion of the court in the nature of a special verdict, was subsequently agreed upon by the parties, -which was as follows: That William Shirk, late of the city of Lebanon, county of Lebanon, Penna., died on or about April 24,1876, seized in his demesne as of fee of and in a certain house and lot of…
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Opinion,
Mr. Justice Sterrett :
Subject to certain “uses, terms, conditions, and limitations,” during the lifetime of his daughter Susan, and for her benefit, the testator, William Shirk, devised the lot in question to William H. and Mary Shirk, two of the defendants in error, children of his “ deceased son Lorenzo and their lawful issue;” and, in same connection, directed that, upon the decease of his said daughter Susan, “ and then only, shall the possession thereof be taken by my said two grandchildren.....or their lawful issue, subject, however, to the limitations and restrictions…
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