Roe v. Doe
Supreme Court of Delaware
Error to the Superior Court for Kent County, No. 4, January Term, 1915. Action op Ejectment (No. 22, July Term, 1914) in the court below. Amicable Action brought by Nettie S. Moore and others against Ella Scotten to recover certain real estate. By consent, the case was tried by the court, on a case stated, and judgment rendered upon their decision upon the law and the facts.
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Error to the Superior Court for Kent County, No. 4, January Term, 1915. Action op Ejectment (No. 22, July Term, 1914) in the court below. Amicable Action brought by Nettie S. Moore and others against Ella Scotten to recover certain real estate. By consent, the case was tried by the court, on a case stated, and judgment rendered upon their decision upon the law and the facts. The court found the defendant guilty of the trespass in ejectment mentioned, and entered judgment without opinion for the plaintiffs. The defendant excepted, and brings error. Judgment for plaintiffs below affirmed. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Curtis, Chancellor,
delivering the opinion of the court:
^The case is in this court on a writ of error to a judgment of the Superior Court of Kent County for the plaintiffs below, entered on a case stated. From this statement it appears that IjSmory Scotten by will gave all his estate, after the payment of his debts, to his wife for life and after her death to “my then living children (or in case of their death, to their legal represen*547tatives), share and share alike.” At the testator’s death, his widow and seven children survived him, and the latter were his only heirs at law. It was stated in…
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